On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 14:25 +0200, ext Marc McGuinness wrote: > 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 You could use google and limit the domain search to maemo.org -- Cheers, Igor Igor Stoppa (Nokia M - OSSO / Tampere)
