[ltp] floppy from 560E
Andrew Gaffney
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:07:37 -0500
James Knott wrote:
> Andrew Gaffney wrote:
>
>> I have an external floppy drive from when I had my 560E. I now have a
>> 770. Can I use it with my current laptop? It does plug into a port on
>> the back, but I don't want to short something out when I turn on the
>> laptop.
>>
>
> If both computers use the same connector for the external floppy, you're
> probably OK. Newer notebooks use USB. IIRC, the 770 didn't. I don't
> know what the 560E uses.
The connectors are the same. It looks like a half-sized external SCSI connector.
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Andrew Gaffney
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