[Coco] USB cable powered CoCo 3 ???

[Roger Taylor]

At 01:05 PM 5/26/2010, you wrote:
>On 26 May 2010 at 11:38, Roger Taylor wrote:
>
> > So.... my question is: what did I stumble across here and has anyone
> > had any experience with powering the CoCo through the expansion slot,
> > and if so, what are the power requirements and how stable is it?
>
>
>Roger
>
>be very careful, very careful.  The USB port on a PC will supply a 
>current of 500 mA max
>before the fuse blows.
>
>Also I seem toremember that some USB hosts will supply 3.3 VDC and not 5 VDC.
>
>james



I'm not toying with it right now.  I just observed shortly that the 
CoCo does in fact, come on.  Project over.



-- 
~ Roger Taylor