From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 5 19:00:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA19933 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 19:00:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA19906; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 19:00:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA01849; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:29:46 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708060159.LAA01849@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. In-Reply-To: from Atipa at "Aug 5, 97 02:50:46 pm" To: freebsd@atipa.com (Atipa) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:29:45 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Atipa stands accused of saying: > > Any news on the following high-demand technologies? > > Universal Serial Bus (USB) > http://www.usb.org (503)264-0590 > Modular, _Powered_ I/O w/ neato hubs > 12Mbit/sec, up to 127 devices There are several developers working on this. IMHO USB is an abomination with "Job Security" written on almost every page of the spec. 8( > Intel 430TX Chipset / PIIX3 Controller > http://www.developer.intel.com/deisgn/pcisets/prodbref/430tx/index.htm > Concurrent PCI (2.1) > built-in UltraDMA IDE (33MByte/sec) > built-in USB > support for SDRAM All of these either require no support, are already supported, or have been discussed above. > Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) > www.agpforum.org > Souped up PCI slot for high performance VGA / HDTV Is a video driver issue; talk to Xi Graphics and the XFree86 people. > DVD CD-ROMs and hardware decoders How are they different from "normal" CD-ROMs? -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[