> > b) you can get 5V from the PS/2 connector if you need
> > external power, so that might be an idea instead of
> > really external power as you used. i don't know if it
> > is enough though.
>
> Should be enough, but I wanted a replacement for the VM battery
> power, and with 5V it just says "Change Battery". Another point:
> not all systems are PCs.

The Amiga Diskdrive port has +5 and +12 lines, so you could grab power
from there

Or alternatively, just a standard 3.5" Hard drive power cable would
work (and is available on most systems) - you can buy cables designed
to double one plug to two drives, which could be adapted to a power vm
with passthru dongle.