From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 21 22:25:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BC1A106564A; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:25:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D26C8FC0A; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:25:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5E53AE80E9B; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:24:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:24:55 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20101021222455.GA30950@thought.org> References: <20101020211546.GA26611@thought.org> <20101020212636.9FF7F1CC3E@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20101020212636.9FF7F1CC3E@ptavv.es.net> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: David Brodbeck , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netbooks & BSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:25:41 -0000 On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 02:26:36PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:15:46 -0700 > > From: Gary Kline > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:32:01AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Gary Kline 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. Oustanding; thanks for the datapoint. There is a Frys a few miles from me, but I usually buy online. Five meters ... hm, that would almost reach to the kitchen table:-) My wife and daughter bought some of the memsticks last spring to bup a DOS/Win and for daughter's MacBook: xfer files to and from school. Since it's a lot cheaper than buying an optical drive, the flash memory is the way to go. gary PS: Seattle. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.90a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org