10 May
2007
10 May
'07
5:54 p.m.
Hi,
You plug it in, then you play with it for hours trying
to get
the darn thing to work.
ROTFLMAO!
It seems to be the software side that nearly always
causes me
problems....
Yes, to be fair, it's been the software side that I've mostly had the
problems with - the one real exception being my wonderful "BT Voyager 105"
USB ADSL "modem". It's got a wonderful bug in it which means that as your
data transfer speed approaches the max speed of your line it starts to draw
more and more power....until your USB ports shut down!
But then I have *VERY* few USB devices as I tend to avoid buying them as
much as possible.
....diagnosing problems (and of course under MS Windows
you're lucky
if you even *get* any logfile output when something goes wrong)
Too true, this is one a a vast catalogue of reasons why "XP x64 Edition"
will be the last Windows I run.
Sounds like USB support in Linux at least doesn't force you to have to
abandon your old devices due to lack of drivers when you upgrade; I only
have 7 USB only devices, *5* of which are unusable....
My experience so far with USB cameras, mice, webcams,
RS232 adapters
and CF adapters has been decidedly not good...
Quite, I have a USB webcam (somewhere). It's limited to a max of 15fps @
320*240 due to USB speed restrictions - OTOH my FireWire one can do 30fps @
640*480 (or possibly even 800*600).
CF adapters seem to be pretty hit and miss, when they work they work well,
when they don't....augh!
TTFN - Pete.