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Peter in New Zealand
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Re: I did it I did it - USB on 98 - YAY!
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> An alternative would be to use a short USB extension lead; here,
> Poundland sell (for a pound) a 4-port unpowered hub (I presume 1.1 at
> that price), that comes with a short (looks like about 6") lead; you
> could use this (and discard or give away the hub if you don't want it
> - though thinking about it your laptop's probably only USB 1.1
> anyway). And maybe glue the plug in.
Now that's not at all a bad idea. I will definitely look into that. The
little machine is trotting along so well it's a shame to have this very
fragile piece being used. And I use it a lot. All my data files, and
there's a lot of them, are on my main machine, but I use Windows Briefcase
on a flash drive to work on them on the laptop, which works well for me. In
addition I have an ancient Palm while I sync with the laptop via a USB
lead, so the one little socket gets an awful lot of use.
I'll certainly look into your concept soon and post back to let you know
how I get on. Thanks again.
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Peter in New Zealand. (Email address is fake)
Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
compulsive computer fiddler.
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> An alternative would be to use a short USB extension lead; here,
> Poundland sell (for a pound) a 4-port unpowered hub (I presume 1.1 at
> that price), that comes with a short (looks like about 6") lead; you
> could use this (and discard or give away the hub if you don't want it
> - though thinking about it your laptop's probably only USB 1.1
> anyway). And maybe glue the plug in.
Now that's not at all a bad idea. I will definitely look into that. The
little machine is trotting along so well it's a shame to have this very
fragile piece being used. And I use it a lot. All my data files, and
there's a lot of them, are on my main machine, but I use Windows Briefcase
on a flash drive to work on them on the laptop, which works well for me. In
addition I have an ancient Palm while I sync with the laptop via a USB
lead, so the one little socket gets an awful lot of use.
I'll certainly look into your concept soon and post back to let you know
how I get on. Thanks again.
--
Peter in New Zealand. (Email address is fake)
Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
compulsive computer fiddler.