[luau] USB, CD-R questions

[R. Scott Belford]

On Friday, April 19, 2002, at 09:10  AM, Robert Green wrote:

> Two questions for ye of great technical savvy....
>
> 1) RE: USB hubs - is USB really a "bus" in the electrical sense of
> the word, as in does it really matter what kind of hub I use to
> expand it, and can they be daisy-chained to create additional hubs if
> needed?

I don't see why you couldn't uplink one hub to another, but I have not 
tried and may not see so clearly

>
> I only have 2 ports on the machine I'm using now, and plugging in and
> un-plugging things is getting annoying at times. I wanted to get a 4
> or 6 port hub. Also, any feedback as to good or bad brands would be
> appreciated.

I use a 4 port belkin usb hub on my mac and have had no troubles with 
it.  I paid around 22 for it.

>
>
> 2) Is there any practical limit for archival life of CD-R's?

I hope not

> I was
> thinking of scanning some of my personal records and putting it on
> CD-R for reasons of space (copies of statements, bills, etc., for tax
> purposes and so forth). Are CD-R's and CD-RW's "good" forever once
> you get a good copy burned, or do they suffer from deterioration, and
> if so, after how long? I figure if I can count of 20+ years, I'm
> probably good to go, but I wonder if there is any info on that
> subject?

I have wondered if there is a point when a cdr goes bad.  I have some 
"old" musical cd's that are still good, so ...

>
> Oh, incidentally, anybody know if I have scanned copies of tax
> receipts and such if they would be laughed off in the even of an IRS
> audit or some such?

They won't laugh at you because you have them on cd, they will laugh 
while you go to the trouble to print everything out so they can use it.


> Thanks!
>
> Rob
>
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