Bytecc 2.5" External Drive Enclosure - bus power supplies enough juice?

[Daniel Armstrong]

On 3/8/06, Madison Kelly <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>    Are you on a laptop? After my last email I got to thinking and
> remember that yes, indeed, Lennart was right and that the USB2.0 specs
> calls for 500mA/channel. My laptop's PCMCIA USB2.0 adapter though only
> provided up 350mA from the PCMCIA bus and needed an external power brick
> to step the two channels up to 500mA/each. If you have a laptop, verify
> it's ability to provide the full 500mA.

One of the computers I would use this external drive enclosure is
indeed a laptop- a IBM Thinkpad T23 with 2 USB 1.1 ports. Quickly
searching online, I don't see anything about a specific power rating
for the USB ports on this model, though.
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