On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:23:32 +0100, "Mark Rae [MVP]"
<mark@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>"vstud70" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>> How do I connect a USB device to my VPC?
>
>You don't - VPC 2007 doesn't support USB devices because it doesn't emulate
>the USB subsystem. The only exceptions to this are USB devices which can be
>accessed via standard network protocols e.g. external hard drives, printers,
>memory sticks etc... In addition to this, there are products available which
>wrap USB devices and make them appear as network devices with an IP
>address - I've never tried these, though people have reported here that they
>work quite well... Yes, I have tested it and it works quite well (SILEX Device Server).
But it is not "free", you have to buy the unit and it comes with only
one connection so if you have more than one USB device to connect you
have to use a USB hub in the single connector first.
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Bo Berglund (Sweden)