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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: A sheckle for that USB cable you must be mad

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-07-25

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:07:11 +0200, lcdpublishing
<lcdpublishing@...> wrote:

> Based on all the "Super shopper" comments I got about my USB cable,
> perhaps someone knows where I can buy some USB Hubs at good prices?
> I recall them being fairly cheap a few years ago and they seem to be
> going UP in price rather than DOWN.


I agree!
I was surprised when i needed one!

Ebay ought to have one for 1eur, but there's the shipping...

My PC is a bit funny with the USB. First it wouldn't want to know the
digital camera, so i bought a separate card reader. that worked until i
installed xp again after a hd failure, then the reader wouldn't work but
the camera would. By then i liked the reader better so in the end i got
another reader. Same with keyboards. It doesn't like it at all if i use
phone cable for USB, especially if over a few meters. Works for a while,
then doesn't. Crap really that USB...

ST