[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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