Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:01:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> To: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970805220104.11865A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970805200503.14539A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>
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On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Atipa wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > > 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( > > Ha. I see no NEED for USB; only added convenience. It would be easier to > deal with than a cyclades! If a good API were present, it would be a nice > "geek-port" type of interface. > > This type of interface, if well supported, would make computers EASIER. I > know that is not the main concern of people in this group (who are oviously > technically adept), but it is still a noble goal. One that is especially > appreciated by those of us in the support industry! :) > > > > Intel 430TX Chipset / PIIX3 Controller > > > built-in UltraDMA IDE (33MByte/sec) > > > support for SDRAM > > > built-in USB > > > > All of these either require no support, are already supported, or have been > > discussed above. > > I do not believe UltraDMA is supported. The PIIX3 is quite a bit > different than the PIIX2, with the RTC and USB built in. > UltraDMA is starting to get support. New drives by Quantum are now starting to have Ultra DMA/33. > > > > DVD CD-ROMs and hardware decoders > > How are they different from "normal" CD-ROMs? > > They require hadware decoders. The cinema and audio industries freaked > out when they saw the potential for digital duplicates. DVD is encrypted > on the media and passed through a decoder. I am certainly no expert, but > it does require additional hardware support, above and beyond the host > interface. > > Kevin > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shoppers Network (Support) AMD K5/K6s, Cyrix 6x86, Intel Pentiums/Pro Phone: (415) 759-8584 Email: howard@shoppersnet.com ==============================> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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