On 21/06/2012 17:50, Terry Coles wrote:
On Tuesday 19 Jun 2012 10:52:12 Peter Merchant wrote:
I have just bought from Novatech a 7 port powered USB Hub to work with
my Raspberry Pi. It's smaller than a fag packet. What is interesting is
that the features lists compatible with Windows ME/2000/xp etc, Lunix
2.4. ???
Under System Requirements, aside for Pentium etc, it lists 'Macitosh'.
Nowhere does it say where it was manufactured.
Scoshland?
I've read some bad things about these -
overheating, 'burning out', power socket badly soldered to board.
Cheap is cheap. try not to go there.
+ you just know where they are made...In the 60's & early 70's it was
known as 'Jap crap'.
Now it's 'cheap as china.'
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