Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:42:41 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netbooks & BSD Message-ID: <44y69s8rse.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20101020211546.GA26611@thought.org> (Gary Kline's message of "Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:15:46 -0700") References: <20101004195012.GA2023@tiny> <op.vj5o9ixxhtl4zj@ack5833s2.ad.service.osu.edu> <20101017143901.GA71132@current.Sisis.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010171215030.96626@wonkity.com> <20101019074615.GA2183@current.Sisis.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010191448390.6689@wonkity.com> <20101020022946.GA23035@thought.org> <4CBE8B86.9060608@uffe.org> <20101020173259.GD25310@thought.org> <AANLkTi=EJdFYFdHRXhbcY-TGT4JuQMtK3zfxdSY7_PrE@mail.gmail.com> <20101020211546.GA26611@thought.org>
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Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> writes: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:32:01AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Sure, the optical uses [I think] a USB connector. =A0Pr= etty sure >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0that all these tiny "toys" are made at one factory! and= then >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0labeled by the vendor. =A0If all the opticals are essen= tially >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0the same, then great. >>=20 >> 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=20 > have *one* standard plug that fits into one jack? --Seriously,=20 > my favorite "clicky" keyboard is a PS/2 and I have a USB adaptor=20 > that saved me. The plug isn't the issue. Drivers are. > 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?=20=20 Yes. Pretty much any place you can buy a USB drive will have them. Even my local pharmacy carries them.
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