Homebrew PCBs

The $3  was based on the what one of my family members who worked at a
national retail computer chain could buy the cable for "at cost". I'm sure
the store's "cost" included advertising, shipping, overhead,etc.

The USB spec calls for a cable of a maximum length of about 2 meters, so any
longer kluged telephone cables will have probelms.

Myc



On 7/25/06, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
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> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:07:11 +0200, lcdpublishing
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> > 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.
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> I agree!
> I was surprised when i needed one!
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> Ebay ought to have one for 1eur, but there's the shipping...
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> 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...
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