On Oct 23, 2008, at 7:38 PM, Steve R wrote:
> > At 4:12 PM -0700 10/23/08, glen posted: > >> >> For $40 USD it is pricey. I probably paid a lot less than half that >> price 20 years ago. You would think you could go to Fry's, Walmat, >> Staples,Tiger Direct or Cyberguys and find one for much less ...but >> apparently not so. > > > I'd be happy if manufacturers made power strips with separate on/off > switches instead of having to have all powered or all unpowered. But > I digress ;-) My query on this thread, and the reason I mentioned > the monitor stand, was/is can I use an unpowered multi-port USB hub > when my only use for the hub is cable management? I use only *one* > USB device at a time (plus the keyboard on a separate port) with each > device sharing the one USB cord on its separate port that I currently > move manually to whichever device I am going to use. So the hub will > be drawing USB power for only the *one* device. In essence, it would > be used as a kind of USB cable extender, of sorts. Used in this > manner, is there any need to have a powered USB hub? > > Steve R > -- Only to cover the case where "The 'Socket (USB)' is there, ----- plug the thing (whatever device you happen to have picked up to "Test") in. Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
