Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 20:23:02 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetBSD now has USB .. Message-ID: <199807170323.UAA19443@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:48:15 -0400 (EDT) The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> wrote: > Hate to ask, but what is USB, and where can I learn more about it, and the > NetBSD aspect of it? Universal Serial Bus. "Those funny connectors on new PC motherboards." USB will eventually replace all of that PS/2 gunk, and will be a standard way of connecting (and chaining) input and output devices. USB spec: http://www.teleport.com/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~usb/cgiform.tpl There exist already USB mice, keyboards, printers, speakers, RS-232 interfaces, cameras, etc. Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 940 5942 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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