Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 18:28:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> Cc: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970805182639.19874A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199708052328.QAA07056@MindBender.serv.net>
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On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > > >> cameras, network cards, cd-roms, DATs, ZIP/Jaz/SyQuest, scanners, > >> printers, etc. > > > Ugh... network cards can pull 10mbs easily, cdroms can do 8mbs and > >higher, Jaz drives can do 16mbs easily, and you are going to put all of > >this stuff on a shared 12mbs bus? Ugh... > > It's pretty unlikely you'll be saturating all those devices at the > _same_ time. And nobody is going to _force_ you to buy USB Just copy files from the CD-ROM or Jaz to the ethernet, or from the ethernet to the Jaz and you will _easily_ max USB. It is quite likely that someone will do this kind of stuff. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net > --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- > NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, > Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... > NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Tom
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