Ken Daggett wrote: > > On 18 May 2009, at 05:23:00 PDT, Ralph Green wrote: > >> Howdy, >> A hub is cheap, and works for a lot of things. What do you want to >> plug in? Each USB hub on the computer can drive .5 amps. If you are >> plugging in multiple devices that need power, you may need a >> powered hub >> or the pci card. >> Not all PCI USB cards work in the Mac. Look in the archives for >> messages about that, or wait for further responses here. If I knew >> specifics on that, I'd give it to you. I remember having to be >> carefule >> when I bought my PCI USB 2.0 card. Available and supported chips have >> likely changed since then. >> Good luck, >> Ralph >> >> On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 08:03 -0400, Mac G4 wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I have a G4 MDD that only came with 2 (4 if you count the keyboard) >>> usb ports. I am not very concerned with the 1.0 versus 2.0, so >>> considering that - my question is this: Should I get a usb pci card >>> or just a usb hub? >>> >>> If I do get a pci card are they specific to the platform (i.e. mac/ >>> pc) >>> or will any usb pci work on a mac? > ------------- > Another consideration: You can only connect 4 devices (I Think it's 4, > could be 5) to each port, no matter how many ports a hub might have. >
Where do you get this from? Are you saying a 7 port hub isn't really a 7 port hub? You can use up to 127 devices on a given USB port using however many hubs it takes to provide that. Not that I'd recommend going anywhere close to that many. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
