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Splitter Cable for ADB(?)

Posted by: Zhinü on 2024-11-17 00:56:14 I picked up a drawing tablet recently and noticed that my Quadra 950 only has one ADB port, instead of two. This leaves me with a bit of a situation, where I can either use my mouse and keyboard, or the drawing tablet and keyboard, because the drawing tablet doesn't have a passthrough. Are there splitter cables for ADB? Or a passthrough dongle or whatever that'll allow me to hook up both the drawing tablet and the mouse?

Posted by: Byte Knight on 2024-11-17 06:37:57 ADB switchers pop up on ePay once in a while. I recently got this one: Multi ADB Port Switch Box for Macintosh Mouse Joysticvk Keyboard Box#59 | eBay Can connect three ADB devices. Mouse Joysticvk Keyboard etc. For sale is one Multi ADB Port Switch Box for Macintosh. www.ebay.com

Posted by: Daniël on 2024-11-17 08:42:48 An S-Video splitter cable would probably work, with the caveat that some cheap S-Video cables (and thus likely splitters, too) tie both the luma and chroma ground pins together. You have to make sure whatever you use doesn't, because for ADB that'd mean the power switch and ADB data lines get tied together. I don't think it'd blow anything up, but it would probably also cause issues with either ADB data transfer, and/or the soft power switch behavior.

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