On Tuesday 28 February 2006 10:20 pm, Steve Calfee wrote: > So for instance if you have a battery powered PC and wish to connect it to a > powered printer or a display device it would be nice if the A connector goes > into the "peripheral" and the b into the "computer" that way the computer > would get power and the device could hand off the awesome responsibility of > knowing what to do to the computer.
That's a very interesting example ... though it'd work better with a battery powered PDA/phone/etc so it could also draw enough power to recharge its little battery! But I'm not entirely sure I'd expect most users to get that "A-end of cable goes into the printer" right. The best visual indicator is that the inside of that connector is white, not black; it's pretty subtle. - Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
