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from: Michael J. Mahon
date: 2008-10-24 17:00:40
subject: Re: Laser128/Laser128EX 1 expansion slot question!

Steven Hirsch wrote:
> Tom Greene wrote:
> 
>>> And, unless I'm misreading something, +5v is similarly MIA at the 
>>> computer
>>> connector.  Or, does that simply mean that the expansion chassis 
>>> fails to make
>>> use of it?
>>
>> The connector on the computer does have +5V, but the expansion box
>> provides its own +5V supply from an external source. It also derives
>> -5V from the +12V line.
> 
> Ah.  What threw me was the diagram for the expansion chassis shows 
> nothing connected there.  Thanks for the update!

Yes, it's an interesting convention--"no wire" means bussed to the
other sockets.

-michael

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