Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 18:52:28 -0700 (PDT) From: David Holloway <daveh@tamis.com> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: 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.3.91.970805185153.5878C-100000@sage> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970805154435.11876A-100000@shell.uniserve.com>
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I see USB as another good way to get around the ever present "not enough irqs" problem On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Tom wrote: > > On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Atipa wrote: > > > It has very good potential. You can put several different types of > > devices on it, including but not limited to: keyboards, mice, modems, > > keyboards, mice, and modems are pretty simple. > > > 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... > > tom >
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