Serendipity...
Mar. 16th, 2008 04:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpThere's a store in the vicinity that advertises computer repairs and an Internet game room, so I thought I'd finally stop by to see what there was to see.
It's a fairly modest setup intended mostly to provide basic installation and repair services, and features a limited range of mostly obsolete products on the walls.
By the way, obsolete is not the same as "not useful."
In fact, I found there a nifty cable that solved a little problem that I had run across with my 3G iPod, which is that when such an iPod is used with a PC (can't speak for Macs), the unit receives no power while syncing through its USB cable, and no data while charging through its FireWire connection to a power supply, because the iPod charges and syncs through the same connector.
As a result, I've been finding it takes nearly forever to sync about 8 GB of data with the device, because the battery retains its charge for a significantly shorter period. (The new battery I installed shortly after acquiring the unit was apparently not much better than the one that had been inside to begin with, and/or the battery status indicator on the iPod is squirrely, as it sometimes slowly shows more power available over time.)
The cable I found combines both functions, with an iPod connector at one end and two cables snaking out of the connector housing: one for the FireWire power supply, and a second for the USB connection.
I might just get some use out of the old "3G" yet!
Cheers...
It's a fairly modest setup intended mostly to provide basic installation and repair services, and features a limited range of mostly obsolete products on the walls.
By the way, obsolete is not the same as "not useful."
In fact, I found there a nifty cable that solved a little problem that I had run across with my 3G iPod, which is that when such an iPod is used with a PC (can't speak for Macs), the unit receives no power while syncing through its USB cable, and no data while charging through its FireWire connection to a power supply, because the iPod charges and syncs through the same connector.
As a result, I've been finding it takes nearly forever to sync about 8 GB of data with the device, because the battery retains its charge for a significantly shorter period. (The new battery I installed shortly after acquiring the unit was apparently not much better than the one that had been inside to begin with, and/or the battery status indicator on the iPod is squirrely, as it sometimes slowly shows more power available over time.)
The cable I found combines both functions, with an iPod connector at one end and two cables snaking out of the connector housing: one for the FireWire power supply, and a second for the USB connection.
I might just get some use out of the old "3G" yet!
Cheers...
