From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 6 17:18:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA29935 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 17:18:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [208.220.66.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA29930 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 17:18:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA24126; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 19:31:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199708062331.TAA24126@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. In-Reply-To: <199708061810.LAA14421@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Aug 6, 97 11:10:58 am" To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 19:31:21 -0400 (EDT) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] 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 > > 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... Useless data point: my crashbox Compaq Presario has two weird USB connectors on the back. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval