Subj : Re: SD2IEC card drive recommendation
To   : All
From : Bucko
Date : Fri Oct 07 2022 05:16 pm

On Fri  7-Oct-2022 12:37a, Robert Bernardo@3:770/3.0 said to Fred Beans:
RB> On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 8:39:42 PM UTC-4, Fred Beans wrote:

RB>      Most SD2IEC's being sold use a cassette port adapter so that power
RB> can be drawn from that C64/128/VIC-20 cassette port edge connector. 
RB> However, the Plus/4 uses a 7-pin mini DIN cassette port connector, and so
RB> for the Plus/4, you'd have to buy/build 
RB> an adapter with a male, mini-DIN plug and a female cassette port edge
RB> socket, or you'd have to find SD2IEC's that don't draw power from the
RB> cassette port.  Such SD2IEC's, which draw their power from the Commodore

I don't use the cassette port on my uIEC/SD, I picked up a USB power cord and plug that into the uIEC/sd and get power from that, the unit just sits on the table behind my Ultimate 64.. 
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