On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 09:49 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: > At 17:32 -0500 12/16/02, Charles Martin wrote: >> >> >> What I see happen a lot is that people tend to plug in SEVERAL >> self-powered devices into their Macs (or an unpowered hub) and get >> confused/angry when they don't work right. The USB bus can only hand >> out a finite (and rather small) amount of power, and apparently doesn't >> handle overdemand very well at all. > > According to the ASP report on my G4 iMac, the limit seems to be 500 mA. > > > Sincerely, > Dennis > >
If a device (in this case that wretched SmartDisk floppy drive) claims to be "completely USB powered--no batteries to buy or charge", does that mean it's supposed to be self-powered or completely dependent on the the computer's power provided by the USB port? On a related note, did Apple do the right thing to do away with floppy drives all together, give their continued prevalence? I suppose it makes for a sleeker design to have one less drive. they did this long before I purchased a mac, so i missed the reaction of mac users when this happened. Didn't the first imac have the option of an internal floppy drive? Someone is auctioning one on eBay at the moment. Donald -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
