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Orange County IBM PC Users’ Group

April 2001

Giant Computer

Swap Meet

8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

May 27,

July 28, Sept. 25

Free Admission/Parking

100’s of Sellers

Advanced Computer Products

Parking Lot

1310 E. Edinger

Santa Ana, CA

714- 558-8813.

www.acpsuperstore.com

Swap meet held the last

Sunday of the month, every

other month.

Submitted by Tony Lake

MPEG-2 video-base products, data

gloves, digitizers and computer-

telephony, expected to be a big growth

area for PCs and Macs. (In addition,

USB provides an interface such

business-oriented technologies as

Integrated Services Digital Network

(ISDN) and digital PBXs.)

The latest version of USB, Version

2.0, introduced late in 2000, offers

even faster communication, with

bandwidth up to 400 Mbps. It easily

accommodates high-performance

peripherals, such as monitors, video

conferencing cameras, next-generation

printers, and faster storage devices.

Happily, USB 2.0 is backward-

compatible with Version 1.1

Next, one or two USB ports can

support many peripherals. In theory, up

to 127 devices can be “daisy chained”

from a single port. There are practical

limitations, power supplies among

them, and most of us will never use

anywhere near that number. The ability

to plug a USB hub into a USB port and

then connect four or more peripherals

to it is a real convenience. You can

place a hub anywhere on your desktop

for easy access; no more crawling

under the desk to connect or disconnect

a mouse, digital camera or any other

USB-compatible device.

Frosting on the cake comes in the

form of an impressive hardware

package from Belkin: the USB

BusStation. This versatile docking

station not only serves as a hub that

gives you up to seven USB ports.

Using optional adapters, it can

accommodate many non-USB

peripherals. It also offers a laundry list

of other features:

• Innovative modular tower with

three slide-out modules that fit into the

palm of your hand.

• Configure your own low-cost

universal docking station; choose

whatever module combination is right

Ken’s Korner

page 7

☞

Fermoyle Publications. Ken’s Korner, a

syndicated monthly column, is available

free to User Groups. For information or

permission to reprint this article, contact

[email protected].

for you, whether you are a PC or Mac

user. (Compatible with Windows(r) 95

rev. B, Windows(r) 98, Windows(r)

2000, Mac(r) OS 8.1 or higher)

• 7-port hub (standard

configuration) connects seven devices

to a single USB port on your PC.

• Freedom to connect keyboards,

mice, joysticks, speakers and more to a

single USB port on your computer.

• 4A (Ampere) power supply

provides true 500-mA (milliAmp)

power to each port.

• Modules available for Ethernet,

SCSI devices, serial, parallel, PS/2

and additional USB ports.

• Illuminated green LEDs for easy

access to port status.

• Supports all high-speed and

low-speed USB devices.

• Includes a Belkin Pro Series 3 ft.

USB Device cable for a quality

connection, lifetime Belkin warranty

and USB Wizard to make

configuration even easier. I’ve been

using a BusStation for many months

now and find it invaluable. (Faithful

readers know I don’t report on a

service or product until it has proved

itself over a reasonable length of time

and I have become thoroughly familiar

with it.)

Even before installing it in my main

computer, I vowed never to buy

another non-USB peripheral again.

With BusStation, I’ve found it easy to

connect some of my older devices,

including one of my several scanners

and a digital camera with only a serial

interface. This rates as an especially

valuable feature for those of us who

can’t afford to replace all of our

currently owned peripherals with new

USB products.

One caution: The BusStation User

Manual clearly states that that the 4A

power supply is more than enough to

supply adequate power to all ports in

normal configuration. At 500mA per

port, the power draw would be 3.5A.

(Low-power devices such as mice and

keyboards draw only about 100mA.)

However, adding a 4-port hub as

one of the modules would overtax the

BusStation. In such case, the 4-port

hub must have its own 2.1A power

supply, supplied with optional 4-port

hub modules. I like the fact that the

BusStation includes built-in

“Overcurrent Protection,” which shuts

off a port if it draws too much current,

protecting both the connected device

and BusStation from damage. At the

usual price of $79.99, I consider this

Belkin product a good value. The cost

is higher than two standard 4-port

USB hubs, but you get more

versatility. The price is competitive

with multifunction hubs, even when

you add in the cost of an adapter

module or two (adapters range from

about $50 an up.) and, again you have

greater choice in integrating USB into

your system.

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