[OB] Omnibook Digest, Vol 2, Issue 52

[Reed Turner]

If it is not already taken, we will gladly take it. Send me the amount you
need to ship it to Rigby, Idaho and Raymond, Alberta Canada and I will
decide which one.

Thanks,
Reed Turner
reed.turner at gmail.com

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:07 PM, <gwf941 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Putting up my last OB800/166 40MB for adoption.  Free ! Shipping only.
>
>
> Truly nice but batteries iffy, extra cells for re-build, 2 power supplies,
> dock, ext drives & some other bits.
>
>
> Geert_ NYC 10028
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>
>
> GWF at B'Berry
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>   1. Re: My $.02 's worth. (Christopher Erickson)
>   2. Re: My $.02 's worth. (Christopher Erickson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:12:20 -0800
> From: "Christopher Erickson" <christopher.k.erickson at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OB] My $.02 's worth.
> To: "HP Omnibook Notebook Computer list" <omnibook at lists.elektro.com>
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> That rings a bell.
>
> I seem to remember having to use external power with most USB devices
> because there simply wasn't enough power available in the CardBus connector
> to power many of the more power-hungry USB devices like CDROM, DVD, floppy
> and hard drives.
>
> My Adaptec USB/Firewire CardBus adapter card had a small power socket on it
> so you could feed it external power for power hungry USB devices.
>
> -Christopher Erickson
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:13 AM, david feldman <wb0gaz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I have tried several Cardbus/USB2 cards in my OB800/166 (which is running
> > W2K.)
> >
> > Only one, a D-Link DUB-C2 (2 ports) generated enough power from the USB
> > port to enable attachment of a Blackberry (in my case, a Verizon
> Blackberry
> > 7130 I was using a couple of years ago) which needs some amount of power
> > from the USB port. I didn't try a conventional hard disc drive. The
> Omnibook
> > did get a little warmer than normal (I'd imagine it's power regulator for
> > PCMCIA slots) but wasn't adversely affected. I doubt a hard drive would
> work
> > because those need even more current on the USB port. Unfortunately, the
> > DUB-C2 does not have provision for an external power supply (unlike the
> > other two USB cards I tried)...
> >
> > Dave
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> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:12:09 -0800
> From: "Christopher Erickson" <christopher.k.erickson at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OB] My $.02 's worth.
> To: "HP Omnibook Notebook Computer list" <omnibook at lists.elektro.com>
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> That rings a bell.
>
> I seem to remember having to use external power with most USB devices
> because there simply wasn't enough power available in the CardBus connector
> to power many of the more power-hungry USB devices like CDROM, DVD, floppy
> and hard drives.
>
> My Adaptec USB/Firewire CardBus adapter card had a small power socket on it
> so you could feed it external power for power hungry USB devices.
>
> -Christopher Erickson
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:13 AM, david feldman <wb0gaz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I have tried several Cardbus/USB2 cards in my OB800/166 (which is running
> > W2K.)
> >
> > Only one, a D-Link DUB-C2 (2 ports) generated enough power from the USB
> > port to enable attachment of a Blackberry (in my case, a Verizon
> Blackberry
> > 7130 I was using a couple of years ago) which needs some amount of power
> > from the USB port. I didn't try a conventional hard disc drive. The
> Omnibook
> > did get a little warmer than normal (I'd imagine it's power regulator for
> > PCMCIA slots) but wasn't adversely affected. I doubt a hard drive would
> work
> > because those need even more current on the USB port. Unfortunately, the
> > DUB-C2 does not have provision for an external power supply (unlike the
> > other two USB cards I tried)...
> >
> > Dave
> >
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