Re: Netbooks & BSD
"Kevin Oberman" <[email protected]>
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> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:15:46 -0700 > From: Gary Kline <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:32:01AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Gary Kline <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sure, the optical uses [I think] a USB connector. Pretty sure > > > that all these tiny "toys" are made at one factory! and then > > > labeled by the vendor. If all the opticals are essentially > > > the same, then great. > > > > I think they all pretty much follow the same standard. I've even had > > success using an IDE CD-ROM drive plugged into a USB-to-IDE adapter > > cable, before. > > > That kinda makes me laugh, because isn't the idea of USB to > have *one* standard plug that fits into one jack? --Seriously, > my favorite "clicky" keyboard is a PS/2 and I have a USB adaptor > that saved me. > > The thing about the memsticks is that on my tower cases, you > have to get down and crawl around and find the jack... Is there > such a thing as a USB "extender" cable, say, a meter or two long? Sure. My SmartCard token is plugged into one on my desk. Not knowing where you are I an only suggest Radio Shack or, if there is one near you, Frys. You can easily order one on-line for a LARGE number of vendors. Just remember that the maximum length of 5 meters. I see prices for brand-name cables at about $8. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"