RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gecko for notebook

The keyboard connector has +5v. I understand the game port does too. The
serial port only has signals available, some of which might supply
enough current to run through a regulator to obtain +5v. Last I heard,
serial signals were +12v or -12v.

Regards,
JJ

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: alex0young [mailto:alex0young@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:32 AM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gecko for notebook
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., JanRwl@A... wrote:
> > In a message dated 9/17/2002 10:28:55 PM Central Standard Time,
> > alex0young@y... writes:
> >
> >
> > > How do I control a gecko driver from a notebook with very limited
> > > ports? From where can I get the +5V for the gecko?
> >
> > Then test your "notebook" to see if it can SOURCE 15 mA per bit,
> and strap
> > the Gecko jumpers for +ve INPUTS, common ground.
>
> How does one test to see if the port can source >15mA?
>
> > Isn't there a "serial port" or an "external video port" or "joy-
> stick port"
> > in addition to the LPT-1? The S.port has +5 VDC!!! Enough for
> this
> > purpose.
>
> Is the serial port the one one normally use for a serial mouse, one
> which nearly every computer has? I thought only the game port has
> that +5V. If it is the serial port for the mouse, which pin is the
> +5V?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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