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On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 22:18 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I am looking at digital dvd/hard drive recorders for dvb, and I noticed |
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> that a lot of them are coming out with usb nowadays. However, all I can |
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> find out about the usb port is that it is for usb _devices_ like usb |
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> storage, not for an uplink to your PC. |
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and then I found this [2] on wikipedia: |
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"An extension to USB called USB On-The-Go allows a single port to act |
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as either a host or a device - chosen by which end of the cable plugs |
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into the socket on the unit. Even after the cable is hooked up and the |
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units are talking, the two units may "swap" ends under program control. |
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This facility targets units such as PDAs where the USB link might |
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connect to a PC's host port as a device in one instance, yet connect as |
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a host itself to a keyboard and mouse device in another instance. USB |
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On-The-Go has therefore defined two small form factor connectors, the |
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Mini-A and Mini-B, and a universal socket (Mini-AB)" |
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so it is possible in the usb standard - but is there a dvd/hd recorder |
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that has such capability and can talk direct to my PC (running gentoo of |
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course, to keep this discussion on-topic to the mailing list ;) |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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Good-bye. I am leaving because I am bored. |
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-- George Saunders' dying words |
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