Some can, but it depends on what kind of power requirements the device has. Often, powered hard drives will not work, since they need more juice than the bn can provide. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2013, at 17:23, Charlie <robotech8000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone. > > > I was just wondering, can you power things such as cdrom drives from the usb > port on the apex? because if so, I'm thinking of getting one. > > > If not, I have a 20th century usb cdrom drive with a bulky powerbox. If > anyone knows anything about it, please let me know. > > > Thanks > ------------------------------- > BNU: BrailleNote Users - a forum for users of BrailleNote family of products > from Humanware. > Website: www.braillenoteusers.info > > IMPORTANT: By default, replies will be sent to individuals. If you feel that > your reply would be useful for others, please use "reply to all" feature in > your email client. > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send an email with the subject > line of "unsubscribe" to braillenote-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. > > You can also visit our list page at: > www.freelists.org/list/braillenote > From this page, you can unsubscribe, change email delivery settings and view > list archives. > > If you have any comments or questions for list moderators, please send an > email to braillenote-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. Thanks. ------------------------------- BNU: BrailleNote Users - a forum for users of BrailleNote family of products from Humanware. Website: www.braillenoteusers.info IMPORTANT: By default, replies will be sent to individuals. If you feel that your reply would be useful for others, please use "reply to all" feature in your email client. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send an email with the subject line of "unsubscribe" to braillenote-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. You can also visit our list page at: www.freelists.org/list/braillenote From this page, you can unsubscribe, change email delivery settings and view list archives. If you have any comments or questions for list moderators, please send an email to braillenote-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. Thanks.