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Date:      Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:15:53 +0200
From:      Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc.
Message-ID:  <19970806131553.28602@grendel.IAEhv.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970805232757.1364A-100000@counterintelligence.ml.org>; from Jamil J. Weatherbee on Tue, Aug 05, 1997 at 11:29:13PM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970805152517.8867A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970805232757.1364A-100000@counterintelligence.ml.org>

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Jamil J. Weatherbee shared with us:
> 
> It needs to be faster --- ramp that 12MBit/sec up to 200MBit/sec and then
> we can talk....  Do you know if it uses differential rx and tx signal
> lines?

Look, USB is intended for low to medium speed periphials. If you
want a faster serial bus, use FireWire. If you want real speed,
use PCI. If you want _real_ real speed, use AGP.

Why would I want my mouse to transmit with 200 Mbit/s to my PC?

- Peter



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