From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 5 16:30:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA12643 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 16:30:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net (root@mindbender.serv.net [205.153.153.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA12590; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 16:29:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA07056; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 16:28:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199708052328.QAA07056@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Tom cc: Atipa , sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 05 Aug 97 15:47:38 -0700. Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 16:28:23 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> 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 peripherals, if you have higher-demand situations. Standard PCI, SCSI, and in the future FireWire, devices will still exist for server situations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------