Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 08:40:25 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] CD Roms
At 06:30 AM 1/04/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 06:23:17 -0800 (PST) >From: "Kevin McClelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] CD Roms > >I have a 24x Backpack Bantam that works very well, has >both PCMCIA and parallel port hookups, so it works >admirably in DOS as well. Only drawback is it does need >an AC adapter to run, but the adapter that is included >is extremely lightweight. I have heard that the PC Card >powered drives will run off a Libretto, but I have no >direct experience with them, so I cannot confirm that. I've got a Teac PortaCD 10x that runs off a rebadged NinjaATA PCMCIA IDE card which actually picks up straight away under the latest version of Linux Card and Socket services. It doesn't need an external AC adapter and in fact doesn't seem to load the battery much at all when its in use ... I was of the impression that most other PCMCIA CD-ROM drives didn't need external power either. I do know the 24x PCMCIA drives we had at work to use with Porteges don't load the batteries on their laptops much either. I'd imagine the Backpack unit would need AC because of its parallel interface (and they perhaps couldn't be bothered designing it to use PCMCIA power when connected through PCMCIA) ... - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
