[TriLUG] OT: free USB v1.1 hub card

[Joseph Mack]

I picked this up at a sale, not quite realising what it was. Before
you jump at this priceless piece of hardware, make sure you understand 
what it is.

USB 4000i by SIIG, 
has 4 of the rectangular slots and 1 of the square type (A, B whatever).

This is on a card which sits (mechanically) in an ISA slot on your computer,
and gets its power from a cable in the same way that a disk drive does.
The hub is not bit-wise connected to the PC in any way.
A person looking at the back of a PC with this card in, will probably
assume that it's a usb host adapter and expect the ports to be live.
If you want them live, then you have to already have a USB port on the 
PC and connect from that port with a USB cable to the hub card.

If you're going to have something USB in your PC, it would be better to
spend $20 at Intrex and get a 4 port USB v2.0 PCI host adapter.

Anyhow it's your's if you want it. 

Joe

-- 
Joseph Mack PhD, High Performance Computing & Scientific Visualization
LMIT, Supporting the EPA Research Triangle Park, NC 919-541-0007
Federal Contact - John B. Smith 919-541-1087 - smith.johnb at epa.gov