[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.