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   Bucko to Robert   
   Re: SD2IEC card drive recommendation   
   07 Oct 22 17:16:17   
   
   From: nospam.Bucko@f230.n130.z1.fidonet.org   
      
   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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