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Unread 07-01-2007, 19:16
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Re: Creative uses for the USB Port

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Originally Posted by Davey360 View Post
You cannot use a PSP or a gameboy because all power must be provided by the OI and the PSP and gameboy etc. use battery packs to run which is not allowed.
I dont know how much power the screen uses but it might be possible to power it from the OI. The buttons would be wired to the OI without need for external power.

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Originally Posted by Greg Marra View Post
The USB Chicklet is the only device allowed to be powered in your controls.
I find this somewhat unfair that thats the only device that can be powered from external source and that if i wanted to create my own or something similiar it couldnt be powered by an external source.
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