On 19/01/2018 15:43, Jack Fearnley wrote:
> Then again, why don't I just go out and buy a great
> big computer with all the bell and whistles?

Well plug the SDcard for the PiZeroW in those big computers and setup
the OS to enable Wifi etc. using them.  Stuff it back into the Pi and
then connect to it over Wifi. Takes a few minutes and you're done and no
need to faff about like a fart in bottle trying to find a set of
suitable cheap keyboards and hubs that work.

The hub problem was using USB1.1 devices on USB2 hubs and a failure to
support split transactions correctly. A USB3 hub *should* just work as
the cable connecting wont connect the USB3 pins just the USB2 pins on
the Pi. In which case the hub's USB2 phy should be in use and any
competent USB3 hub controller will be in USB2 mode. Of course standards
compliance and cheap Chinese shit are, very often, mutually exclusive!

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