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[atoa at krak.net]

Common sense and general USB knowledge are fine, but the Cube speakers 
are peculiar beasts. Does the typical "powered hub" supply more power than
the onboard USB port on a non-cube G4? That article pretty clearly says 
that the Cube speakers should not be used with other G-4's, unless via the 
monitor port. Not the keyboard (of course), not the onboard port, and not 
any third-party USB device. The reason is clearly stated:

"The Apple USB (Universal Serial Bus) Speakers included with the Power Mac 
G4 Cube computer require more power to operate than is provided by a 
typical USB port."

I'm not saying that the cube speakers _won't_ work with a powered hub. 
But the referenced article does NOT say that they will. The implication is the 
opposite.

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, TonVanHest wrote:

>
> Op 5-aug-04 om 21:03 heeft atoa at krak.net het volgende geschreven:
>
>> The only reference to hubs in the article specifically says that they 
>> should not be used. There is no reference to "powered hubs". The article 
>> even says _not_ to use the built-in USB ports on Macs other than the Cube.
>
> I use common sense and general knowledge about USB. The speakers use quite a 
> bit of power and  _that_  is the reason they should be connected to powered 
> hubs. As king as USB devices do not linget too far away from the standards 
> (meaning they should not carry the USB sign) they can be connected to any USB 
> hub providing there is enough power and that is where powered hubs coms in. 
> Just like you cannot connect a USBscanner to the Apple keyboard because 
> keybord + mouse + scanner does not leave enough power.
>
> My system is the proof of it!
>
> (Apple does not built any hubs, so in Apple vision there are no huns)
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
> Ton van Hest
>
>
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