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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: roadblock2thesun on Wed, 07 October 2009, 04:55:00
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I recently purchased a Filco zero (b-stock with xm switches) and have decided to make this a project board. First thing I did was take out those nasty xm switches... I'm a novice to mechanical keyboards, but those switches had some issues. I now have a filco tenkeyless with genuine white alps switches... (I love it).
At any rate, I would like to implant a usb hub into this board followed by some other modes that are as yet to be determined. I wanted to see if any other geeks have performed the same mod, and/or if there are any suggestions as to the best hub to use for this purpose.
Thanks!
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So just a y-cable type connection inside will work fine if you just want to split out a port in the back. Look at the pics of the internals of the Brown Cherry in the Mods section for whether you have room though.
Does this mean an unpowered usb hub and a (for ex.) 4 in 1 usb Y cable would be the same?
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Does this mean an unpowered usb hub and a (for ex.) 4 in 1 usb Y cable would be the same?
No. A Hub has logic. Kind of like a Switch vs a Hub in Network terms if you are familiar.
I have yet to see a 4-1 Y cable for USB, and even if it exists, I can forsee horrible things like packet colission happening.
Just get a small hub and use the guts. use the single host cable from the pc, and plug the KB's cable into the hub.
I used a 2x2 hub (2 ports either side), and used the other port that is inaccessible from the outside for a stripped down 16GB pendrive. Instant storage. Admittedly though, it was on a M$ Rubberdome, and mainly to prove a point (I later sold it to the person who said it couldn't be done).