Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 16:28:23 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. Message-ID: <199708052328.QAA07056@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 05 Aug 97 15:47:38 -0700. <Pine.BSF.3.96.970805154435.11876A-100000@shell.uniserve.com>
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>> cameras, network cards, cd-roms, DATs, ZIP/Jaz/SyQuest, scanners,
>> printers, etc.
> Ugh... network cards can pull 10mbs easily, cdroms can do 8mbs and
>higher, Jaz drives can do 16mbs easily, and you are going to put all of
>this stuff on a shared 12mbs bus? Ugh...
It's pretty unlikely you'll be saturating all those devices at the
_same_ time. And nobody is going to _force_ you to buy USB
peripherals, if you have higher-demand situations. Standard PCI,
SCSI, and in the future FireWire, devices will still exist for server
situations.
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NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others...
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