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RE: External 3.5 floppy

Oww! I did this before. I plugged in the power connector while the machine
was on and flash and an arc of blue energy erupted from the back of the
floppy drive. It was totally fried!

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Tim Gray [mailto:]
		Sent:	Tuesday, November 03, 1998 1:47 PM
		To:	hurley bryan
		Cc:	
		Subject:	Re: External 3.5 floppy

		Well actually yes you can fry your floppy controller board
by plugging and
		unplugging while on. but laptops are the same. In fact every
laptop I have
		owned that had an external floppy stated," unplugging the
floppy drive with
		the laptop on will void the warrenty and possibly destroy
components." 

		but having the unit pluggable saves one from having to
dismantle the
		wearable to plug in the floppy. and will allow shutdown,
plug in floppy,
		power up on the bus, plane, anywhere.

		----------
		> From: hurley bryan <>
		> To: Tim Gray <>
		> Cc: 
		> Subject: Re: External 3.5 floppy
		> Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 3:58 PM
		> 
		> 
		> isn't there more to it than that? Mainly turning on and
off the power and
		> control lines? I can hook up a hard drive (IDE) while the
computer is
		> running, but I wouldn't guarantee it or anything else in
the machine
		would
		> work after that, as well as the BIOS wouldn't see it if it
is plugged in
		> after bootup. One should boot with the floppy attached,
then put to sleep
		> to remove/attach.
		> 
		> Are there any drivers for the PacRim floppy? Linux that
is? or LS120
		> external?
		> 
		> Bryan
		> 
		> 
		> On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Tim Gray wrote:
		> 
		> > I have a question...
		> > 
		> > how many of you would be interested in a cable set that
makes your
		floppy
		> > controller exit the wearable case in a db25 to plug into
an external
		floppy
		> > cable?
		> > 
		> > I figure I can sell the inside and outside cables as a
pair for about
		> > $15.00USD
		> > it would be like a laptop external floppy drive (except
it uses a
		standard
		> > 3.5"floppy) and will source the +5volts for the floppy
through the
		cable. I
		> > am also looking at bending up some metal to make a
"case" for the
		floppy
		> > also to protect it and hide the plugs.
		> > 
		> > thanks
		> > 
		> > 
		> > ----- 
		> > I know, I use Windows, but it's only for games!
		> > Linux is the only OS for real work!
		> > -----
		> > 
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