Re: an ACK, still here...
On Fri, 21 May 2010 20:47:10 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: anyway, this is thanks and an ACK mostly to polyt and roland. i will get down and find the usb port, but if i did it now i'd never be able to haul myself back up. they would find my bleached bones beside my 'puter, crouched and looking for that usb slot. Oh, I had a similar problem, too: USB slot only on the back of the PC, hard to reach, and that's why uncomfortable and furthermore unusable. My solution was to get an USB cable USB-A plug to USB-A socket, quite simple, and have the USB socket (now on wire) directly on the desk. If you recognize you often need more than one USB slot, you usually would decide to get an USB hub, also a good tool on top of the desk. One of the most comfortable solutions I've seen (and used) is to have a USB slot (ot two, usually) on the keyboard. A good example for this is the Apple keyboard, and of course the Sun USB type 7 keyboard. This way, you can also attach an USB mouse directly on the table, or have two slots for removable media (e. g. for USB sticks, USB hard disks or USB camera, or webcam, or USB steam engine). Allthough most modern PCs have USB slots on their front, it's still inconvenient to put them under the desk, allowing a chair or your feet to kick (and maybe break) the USB stick - I've already seen that happening LIVE. On the other hand... who wants to put ugly designed PC minitowers onto the desk? It's not that they look like an SGI Octane... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: an ACK, still here...
in message 20100522091753.a2f3b17d.free...@edvax.de, wrote Polytropon thusly... ... I had a similar problem, too: USB slot only on the back of the PC, hard to reach, and that's why uncomfortable and furthermore unusable. My solution was to get an USB cable USB-A plug to USB-A socket, quite simple, and have the USB socket (now on wire) directly on the desk. If you recognize you often need more than one USB slot, you usually would decide to get an USB hub ... One of the most comfortable solutions I've seen (and used) is to have a USB slot (ot two, usually) on the keyboard. A good example for this is the Apple keyboard, and of course the Sun USB type 7 keyboard. ... When one buys a hub, please have one with (the option to use) external power supply as keyboard ports may be underpowered. That will become a factor when powering a, well, power hungry(ier) USB devices (say, a 2.5 in HDD in an external enclousre). - parv -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: an ACK, still here...
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 09:17:53AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 21 May 2010 20:47:10 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: anyway, this is thanks and an ACK mostly to polyt and roland. i will get down and find the usb port, but if i did it now i'd never be able to haul myself back up. they would find my bleached bones beside my 'puter, crouched and looking for that usb slot. Oh, I had a similar problem, too: USB slot only on the back of the PC, hard to reach, and that's why uncomfortable and furthermore unusable. My solution was to get an USB cable USB-A plug to USB-A socket, quite simple, and have the USB socket (now on wire) directly on the desk. i run into some problems since i only have one harnd/arm, and that is the sheer weight of the dell. it is heavy++. yeah, the usb ports may be or ARE on the back of the tower case. there may be just-one in front somewhere. If you recognize you often need more than one USB slot, you usually would decide to get an USB hub, also a good tool on top of the desk. One of the most comfortable solutions I've seen (and used) is to have a USB slot (ot two, usually) on the keyboard. A good example for this is the Apple keyboard, and of course the Sun USB type 7 keyboard. This way, you can also attach an USB mouse directly on the table, or have two slots for removable media (e. g. for USB sticks, USB hard disks or USB camera, or webcam, or USB steam engine). Allthough most modern PCs have USB slots on their front, it's still inconvenient to put them under the desk, allowing a chair or your feet to kick (and maybe break) the USB stick - I've already seen that happening LIVE. On the other hand... who wants to put ugly designed PC minitowers onto the desk? It's not that they look like an SGI Octane... :-) lolololol. no, i'll keep my hardware out of sight and be very-very careful:-) actually, a friend at the u of washington says he will have a week or so next month to help me with some things-computer. i am really way overdue to get me a dual-core or whatever intel or amd computer. a Second one; i already have one as my ns1.thought.org. my fellow computer geek says he can set things up so that my *new* 2-core will be both a SECOND ns1.thought.org as well as my new tao.thought.org. gary ps: late last night i wrote roland offline with the update that i cannot get my optical drives to be recognized. (((i Am portupgrading, so things are in flux.))) my theraputic reboot [shutdown -r now] did little good. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
