USB portable drive weirdness

[phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org]

>
> I am not sure, but I think USB2 ports are supposed to handle more power
> than USB1 ports.
>
As far as I know, all USB ports can supply 500mA. IBM were proposing a
version that could supply more current, but it doesn't seem to be in use
yet.

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Peter Hiscocks
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