From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 6 11:16:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA10876 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:16:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA10853; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:16:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id LAA14421; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:10:58 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199708061810.LAA14421@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:10:58 -0700 (MST) Cc: ARahimi@e-planet.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd@atipa.com, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199708060910.SAA06556@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Aug 6, 97 06:40:02 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] 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 > > >It would also be foolish to leap in in a hurry and waste scarce > > >developer resources on the next fad. > > > > Not so if every major manufacturer is looking at USB and if you're > > intereseted in staying competitive. > > This isn't obvious though. Where are all the USB peripherals? Specifically, when will Logitech sell me a USB mouse? When will KeyTronic sell me a USB keyboard? > Well, USB ports have been a selling point on a lot of systems here, > but most of the motherboards that ship with it come with mini-8 DIN > connectors rather than the "real" USB connector. Well, that's it, then. The standard is doomed. There is already going to be a need for differential cable connectors. Might as well scrap the damn thing. Anyone wonder why IDE sells at all, even though SCSI is so obviously technically superior? 8-(. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.