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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 18:52:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Holloway <daveh@tamis.com>
To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
cc: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG,
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Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. 
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I see USB as another good way to 
get around the ever present "not enough irqs" problem

On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Tom wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Atipa wrote:
> 
> > It has very good potential. You can put several different types of 
> > devices on it, including but not limited to: keyboards, mice, modems, 
> 
>   keyboards, mice, and modems are pretty simple.
> 
> > 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...
> 
> tom
>