TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: rberrypi
to: THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER
from: DRUCK
date: 2017-04-19 20:22:00
subject: Re: External 2.5` drive f

On 19/04/2017 15:37, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 19/04/17 14:05, D.M. Procida wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>>
>>> On 19/04/17 09:51, D.M. Procida wrote:
>>>> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.wdc.com/products/external-storage/wd-elements-desktop.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Those are 3.5" drives,
>>>>>
>>>>> Probably
>>>>>
>>>>>> not USB-powered devices sadly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Incorrect.
>>>>>
>>>>> All USB connected drives I have bought in the last couple of years are
>>>>> powered by USB.
>>>>>
>>>>> They only *have* a USB socket. How else to they get power?
>>>>
>>>> I think you're looking at the wong thing. Those drives have a 12v power
>>>> socket and come with a mains adaptor.
>>>
>>> Please don't confuse people with needless lies. They do not.
>>
>> Please have a closer look:
>> .
>> It literally shows a picture of the drive, and mentions the mains
>> adaptor.
>>
>>> I have two right here by my knee. They ONLKY have USB cables., No power
>>> at all
>>
>> Yes, but they are not the ones in the link, and not the ones I was
>> referring to...
>>
>
> I didn't refer to that drive either.

The words you were looking for there were "I'm sorry I was wrong".

---druck



---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | FidoUsenet Gateway (3:770/3)

SOURCE: echomail via QWK@docsplace.org

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.