Members BLAblablah Posted July 5, 2006 Members Share Posted July 5, 2006 I wonder if anyone can explain to me how to tell the difference between a USB 1.0 and a USB 2.0 cable. I have a few that I have managed to get mixed up and lose track of which is which. Is there actually a physical difference? Any visible clues?Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members where02190 Posted July 5, 2006 Members Share Posted July 5, 2006 The cables are the same, there is no difference. The difference is in the computer interface card and the devices protocol compatibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BLAblablah Posted July 5, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks Where! I had wondered about this before, but when you buy the cables they are clearly labled 2.0...so gullible people like me were afraid to use any of the many "1.0" cables we had collected on our 2.0 devices. This is great news...one less thing to think about Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted July 5, 2006 CMS Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 Originally posted by BLAblablah I wonder if anyone can explain to me how to tell the difference between a USB 1.0 and a USB 2.0 cable.The usual hype about better quality cable construction is able to handle the higher data rate. I've never known any USB connection to choke over a cable that conducts electricity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SilverPlated Posted July 6, 2006 Members Share Posted July 6, 2006 Originally posted by where02190 The cables are the same, there is no difference. The difference is in the computer interface card and the devices protocol compatibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Doe Posted July 6, 2006 Members Share Posted July 6, 2006 It's kinda like a metric screwdriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Composer2005 Posted July 7, 2006 Members Share Posted July 7, 2006 What about a Crossover Cable? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members where02190 Posted July 7, 2006 Members Share Posted July 7, 2006 There's no such thing I don't think as a USB crossover cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gatorwing Posted July 7, 2006 Members Share Posted July 7, 2006 Crossover cable is a type of CAT-5 cable. Used if you want to connect two PCs together with a NIC card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Doe Posted July 7, 2006 Members Share Posted July 7, 2006 Originally posted by gatorwing Crossover cable is a type of CAT-5 cable. Used if you want to connect two PCs together with a NIC card. Haha.. Showin yuor age there. A crossover cable is originally a serial port cable. (RS232) (also refered to as a NULL modem.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BLAblablah Posted July 7, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2006 Originally posted by Jon Doe It's kinda like a metric screwdriver. I have a complete set Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dylan Walters Posted July 8, 2006 Members Share Posted July 8, 2006 I know that Laplink sells a USB crossover thingy, but I believe you have to have special software installed for it to work. Just use a CAT5 crossover cable and call it good, IMO. Or better yet, get a cheap router so you don't have to configure IP settings manually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dylan Walters Posted July 8, 2006 Members Share Posted July 8, 2006 Originally posted by Jon Doe Haha.. Showin yuor age there. A crossover cable is originally a serial port cable. (RS232) (also refered to as a NULL modem.) Now you're going old skool . I remember transferring files between two PC's using a NULL modem cable with HyperTerminal. Good times...good times . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted July 9, 2006 CMS Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 Originally posted by Dylan Walters I remember transferring files between two PC's using a NULL modem cable with HyperTerminal. Good times...good times . That was before anyone thought to call it a "crossover" cable. Remember the days when the computer was in a building downtown and everyone connected a modem to a terminal (ASR-33) to talk to it? The great thing about a CRT was that it was silent! Wish our computers today were that silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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