home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!olivea!sgigate!odin!twilight!zuni!anchor!olson
- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.hardware
- Subject: Re: where do I get +5v from the back of an Indigo?
- Message-ID: <uj8oimk@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 19:08:21 GMT
- References: <JET.93Jan6151104@boxer.nas.nasa.gov> <1993Jan7.144435.21950@athena.mit.edu>
- Sender: news@zuni.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- Lines: 19
-
- 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
-