RE: [iPAQ] USB hub?

Sorry, I just remember someone mentioning it here on the list, or maybe the
handhelds or Linux list. It was just mentioned in passing. I think he was
talking about a third party product, not a Compaq sleeve.

Personally, I would like a cradle/sleeve combination. The cradle would
connect to the serial, USB, expansion and power connector on the iPaq.
Inside the cradle would be a battery, SA-1111 and support circuitry, 2+ USB
ports, external power port, serial port, PCMCIA and CF slots. It would
have a connector for a DaVinci type keyboard. Finally, it would fold flat
for easy storage.

Something like that (more of a docking station than a cradle) would turn an
iPaq into a micro laptop and it would still be small. You could expand it
however you wanted (PCMCIA CD-ROM, Hard Drives, any USB device, etc.).

If someone were to produce something like that in the $200 range they would
not be able to keep them in stock.

Tom

>could you expand on this rumor? a sleave like this would seem to be the
>first logical step in adding mondo expandability to the ipaq.

>Thanks,

>Eric

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 Tom_Kirksey@ingersoll-rand.com wrote:

>
>
>
> I have heard mention of a possible expansion sleeve that would contain
the
> SA-1111 companion chip to the SA-1100 CPU. This chip, among other
things,
> acts as a USB master.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Yes, it would be very useful. As I understand it, the iPAQ dosen't have
the
> necessary hardware to serve as a USB master. However, I don't see why it
> wouldn't be possible to throw a PCMCIA USB adapter (Belkin makes one)
into
> a
> PCMCIA jacket and go to town. Assuming proper driver support, of course.
>
> --John Riney
> Consultant, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
> riney@scra.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Dunn
> To: iPAQ list
> Sent: 9/14/2000 7:37 PM
> Subject: [iPAQ] USB hub?
>
> Does anyone know if it is possible to connect a USB device to the iPAQ
> and
> have the iPAQ control the device? I know that the cradle can be USB and
> there is a USB connector cable available for the iPAQ, but in the usual
> case, the desktop machine is the master. What I was wondering is can the
>
> connection go the other way, so that the iPAQ is the master hub? It
> would
> be really useful to be able to plug a USB keyboard and other devices
> into
> an iPAQ.
>
> --
>
> Steve
> sdunn@digitalmechanics.net
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