Hubs go for from under $10 to outrageous on ebay and at the stores. I'd recommend a 4 port. (larger are available, but you can daisy chain the small ones as your needs expand. I believe the limit is 256 [?] devices.) Make sure the hub has its own power supply. There are some that use your USB bus for power. These put undo strain on your USB card circuits and your Mac's power supply. Be advised though that should you ever need to use an older OS, (pre-9.1 for many of the less expensive USB cards.) some USB cards won't be usable and thus neither will any of the attached devices. (I miss my Apple Pro mouse when I have to use OS 8.1 with some older software.)
You can daisy chain hubs, but not individual devices. (They are designed to hot swap.) That's another advantage of a hub. Put the hub on your desk and you can hot swap without having to access the back of your Mac to find the USB ports. (I don't miss crawling under my desk and fighting rabid dust bunnies to swap devices, although under my desk doesn't get cleaned as often anymore. ) David Allen > > > C. Get a USB hub and plug it into my USB card thereby > > accessing more peripherals should I end up replacing more > > SCSI stuff? > > > > Do C. It's the easiest solution, further, it allows you to > > > access more peripherals should I end up replacing more > > SCSI stuff? > > Jim S -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
