Mastersport 386SX

From: Dan Veeneman <dan_at_ekoan.com>
Date: Thu Jan 24 14:29:26 2002

At 02:12 PM 1/24/02 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
>
> > Zip drives use one that is 5 VDC. Do they really need 5?
>
>IIRC, the Zip-Drive 'wall wart' is actually a complete regulated power
>supply. So to operate the logic, it DOES need to be 5VDC.

All of this is off-topic, but I've got three different types of Iomega
ZIP drive "wall warts" here (all voltages unloaded, measured from
my Fluke 8020A):

57DR-5-1500(A) outputs 5.21 volts DC
48DR-5-1000 outputs 5.11 VDC
91-56403 outputs 5.15 VDC

Much closer to spec than most wall warts.


Cheers,

Dan
Received on Thu Jan 24 2002 - 14:29:26 GMT