[Info-vax] VMS terminal support

[Paul Sture]

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:21:54 +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:

> On 2012-08-02 03:06, Roger Ivie wrote:
>> On 2012-08-01, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> But that means you can't get a camera to talk to a phone because both
>>> are defined as slaves.
>>
>> Some devices implement USB On The Go, which allows devices to take over
>> as the master if there is no master present.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_OTG
>>
>> Seems like an evil kludge to me, but there ya go...
> 
> I actually have a special cable for my phone, to do this. Exactly how
> special, if any, it is I don't know. But it plugs into the normal
> micro-USB port, and gives a normal USB port at the other end, where I
> can connect USB slaves.

Was it a sensible price?  I remember buying ludicrously expensive serial 
cables for both Psion and Nokia.

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Paul Sture