How do I find out the name of an unknown Interface Plug ?

[vlc]

I got this external cd-drive for a laptop that i want to sell, but i cant as yet, becoz i dont know what to list its plug type as...

its made by toshiba, an its plug looks like - a metal flat 'D' shaped ring, where within this is a thin black protrusion of plastic, with a dozen+ of tiny pins either side of it.

i tried looking about on google to match-up its image with a name, but got no where
whereas online encyclopedia's only spoke of Java! or mentioned centronics interfaces, without bothering to show what the fukk it looks like - are they morons these people?

[flossythepig]

vlc said:

It's made by toshiba

Why not just advertise it as external drive for the Toshiba laptop it used to be attached to.

[_dan_]

There must be a model number on the drive somewhere, could you post it?

Also, could you take a pic of the connector?

Dan

[JonRB]

I think flossythepig is right. Don't make any other representations other than the facts you know. You know which Toshiba laptop is is compatible with so sell it as such. It is then up to the buyer to do their research to see if it is compatible with something other than that.

I'd go to the Toshiba site and see if you can get a complete list of Toshiba models it is compatible with though.

[vlc]

JonRB said:

You know which Toshiba laptop it is compatible with so sell it as such. It is then up to the buyer to do their research to see if it is compatible with something other than that. I'd go to the Toshiba site and see if you can get a complete list of Toshiba models it is compatible with though.

uhmm, not really coz i dont know what laptop it was originaly connected to, as all i have of it is this 1 peripheral.

also, some buyers cant be bothered researching port types an so give up before starting - an so thats another buyer lost

as for visting a makers site in search of an answer, whenever ive done that theyve fobbed me of with their crappy adverts an given me all the info i 'never' wanted but the 1 peice i did want

or course, if all laptops or toshiba ones only used one type of port for ext.drives, then that'll be fine, but i dont know much about laptops so wouldnt know, [for i steer clear of them as i dont like their tiny keyboards].

[Pigeon]

vlc said:

i dont know much about laptops so wouldnt know, [for i steer clear of them as i dont like their tiny keyboards].

I can't stand them either. They devote too much effort into making the things small, too small, instead of keeping them at a reasonable size and making them more functional.

PCMCIA is a pretty common standard, does the plug look anything like the smaller one of these two?



It's pretty much shooting in the dark though without seeing a pic of your plug.

[vlc]

Pigeon said:

PCMCIA is a pretty common standard, does the plug look anything like the smaller one of these two?

nahh, the pics small end dont have its thin bit fully open as like that + the big end looks more like an hardisk IDE cable-plug!

nah, mine looks looks more like-> [----------]
tho with the '---' thin bit fully encircled in an oblong.
an dims = an inch across an 5mm thick.

[a bit like mr.bobbits pecker -only joking]

[annodomini2]

Its a laptop drive and generally specific to the manufacturer.

[tinman0]

annodomini2 said:

Its a laptop drive and generally specific to the manufacturer.

i have an external cdrom for my toshiba (a little tablet portege) - and it has this cunning thing underneath it that can tell you instantly what it is - a serial number and model number. from there by wonders of the interweb you can then track down what laptop it connects to