From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 7 18:15:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA12701 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 18:15:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from news.IAEhv.nl (root@news.IAEhv.nl [194.151.64.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA12696 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 18:15:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from LOCAL (uucp@localhost) by news.IAEhv.nl (8.6.13/1.63) with IAEhv.nl; pid 25379 on Fri, 8 Aug 1997 01:15:36 GMT; id BAA25379 efrom: peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl; eto: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: (from peter@localhost) by grendel.IAEhv.nl (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA00504; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 15:48:04 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19970807154804.55036@grendel.IAEhv.nl> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 15:48:04 +0200 From: Peter Korsten To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc. References: <199708061810.LAA14421@phaeton.artisoft.com> <199708062331.TAA24126@hda.hda.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.67e In-Reply-To: <199708062331.TAA24126@hda.hda.com>; from Peter Dufault on Wed, Aug 06, 1997 at 07:31:21PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Peter Dufault shared with us: > > > 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. AFAIK, those two weird connectors are the USB-connectors. The 8-pin mini-DINs, aren't those for the PS/2 keyboard and ditto mouse on an ATX case? - Peter