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Article #73Re: where do I get +5v from the back of an Indigo?
From: Dave Olson
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 19:08
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 19:08
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In <1993Jan7.144435.21950@athena.mit.edu> ertas@athena.mit.edu (Mehmet D Ertas) writes:
| In article <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?
|
| How about the parallel port?
No. As I said, none of the ports are designed/spec'ed/supported
as power supplies. Power supplies are cheap if you get the wall
plug type, I strongly recommend buying one.
--
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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