[ltp] floppy from 560E
James Knott
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 24 Apr 2004 16:27:33 -0400
Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> 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.
>
You'll be OK then.