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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