GeeThree Sweet MultiPort

[ArmorAlley]

I have just discovered something that I would love to have: front-facing ports on my (now) Blue & Silver G3.
They should be easy enough to make with a 3D-printer.



The site on archive.org is here: https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/geethree.com

 

[jeremywork]

These are nifty, though a bit peculiar in design. The PCI card which connects to it contains hubs instead of controllers. Busses communicate via external loopback cables from the logic board’s controllers, which I don’t really understand the rationale for. The USB hub is 2.0, so it’s really best used alongside a second PCI USB 2.0 card.



(This particular example needs attention; it produces a USB over current warning on startup. All its front and back ports work but the CF and SD slots don’t.)

 

[cheesestraws]

The PCI card which connects to it contains hubs instead of controllers. Busses communicate via external loopback cables from the logic board’s controllers, which I don’t really understand the rationale for.

That seems .... extremely odd