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Article #68Re: where do I get +5v from the back of an Indigo?
From: Dave Olson
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 07:01
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 07:01
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In <JET.93Jan6151104@boxer.nas.nasa.gov> jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
| I've got a device that needs +5v, and is used to getting it from a
| parallel port. I'm hooking it up to a serial port instead, and
| realized that there's apparently no +5v out anywhere on the back of
| the Indigo.
|
| Does anyone know of any +5v lines that I can tap into in/around the
| back of the Indigo? Say the keyboard, perhaps, or the AUI?
None of those ports are rated to deliver any power to external
devices. Go buy a cheap external wall plug type power supply.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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