Hello, Igor Stoppa wrote the following on 12.04.2006 14:16: > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 14:09 +0200, ext Marc McGuinness wrote: >> Hello folks, >> >> I tried to follow this thread, but I'm not sure, if I fully understood >> everything. >> >> - Does this mean, I can connect and use my self powered 400GB hard drive >> on my 770? >> >> - Does it also mean, I can use my USB stick on my 770? Would I need a >> powered USB hub for this purpose? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Marc >> > Hi, > to make it simple, even if it can act as master, it requires to be > powered, like a gadget. > So you need "something" like a modified or special hub (somebody posted > a couple of monts ago about a german webshop selling this sort of hub) > that can feed power to both sides. > Therefore, unless your HD can act as a power source (unlikely, imho, but > check its specs) you still need that sort of hub. Does anyone still have the product name for this hub? Unfortunately it's not possible to automatically search the archive on http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/ Marc -- PGP: http://mcguinness.psychology4u.de/public.txt
