| From: | Mark Olsen |
| Date: | 28 Aug 2000 at 00:16:14 |
| Subject: | Re: BVision tips ?? |
Hello Jonathan
On 27-Aug-00, you wrote:
>>> Yes you can. Although mine has currently no power, but it's still
>>> connected and I didn't move it at all.
>>
>> Well, it couldn't in mine.
>
> This is a bit strange about the floppy relating to the BVision. They
> obviously don't impinge on each other physically (at least not in my
> PowerTower) so you must mean you divert power from the floppy to the Mobo
> (the old reverse power trick)?
>
> Don't you have any spare floppy sized power connectors coming from your PSU?
>
> I use one on the Mobo to give some xtra power to the PPC/BV and use a
> standard DD Floppy drive as well. In my case I'm lucky that the PPC/BV
> doesn't really need the extra power, but I err on the safe side.
We were talking about fitting a BVision in a desktop A1200. I have no problem
having my floppy drive connected in my tower, although the floppy drive
doesn't work, so it makes no sense.
Regards