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To: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com>
Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 05 Aug 1997 15:41:45 MDT."
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Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 07:40:47 +0200
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.91.970805152517.8867A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>, Atipa wri
tes:
>
>
>On Tue, 5 Aug 1997 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
>
>> > 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
>> 
>> Just where did you see this high demand for USB? I sure haven't noticed
>> it.
>
>It has very good potential.

So did MCA bus, EISA bus, IBM RT/6150, MULTICS and so on.

There's a wide gap between "very good potential" and "high-demand".

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