Re: [NTLK] Giving the Newton some USB lovin' (long'n'winded!) [Related topic, off in another direction]

From: L.W. Brown <lwb_at_mac.com>
Date: Thu Sep 28 2006 - 20:54:42 EDT

Whatever is do-able! It would be excellent, for instance, to use the
same USB port to "bridge" in as has been done before, and to go to
flash drives...

On 28. Sep, 2006, at 4:47, Adam Goddard wrote:

> My PCB mount Type A USB sockets fit exactly inside the square cutout
> that you are talking about. I was actually going to use an SMD mount
> USB Type-B mini in my deisgn, mainly because I didn't want people to
> try to plug their Flash drives into it. :-P
> Would people prefer this smaller port, or the larger Type A? Utilising
> the Type a would be less of a hassle as the mini type B will require a
> bit of plastic working.
>
> Here are type A & B normal sized sockets:
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/full/43990i0.jpg
> And here is the Mini-B socket:
> http://www.accesscomms.com.au/images/USB-Mini-Type-B.jpg
> http://www.lumberg.com/main/produkte/abbild190/2486_01.jpg

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