Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 20:31:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net> To: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB support? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970501203010.1806A-100000@zen.cypher.net> In-Reply-To: <19970501222111.34624@hw.nl>
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not sure why they'd be rare in europe, but i got my first USB board last year (in about august) and i have 2 more now. also, if you are using it to network home PCs then who cares if there are any devices? b3n On Thu, 1 May 1997, Peter Korsten wrote: > Ben Black shared with us: > > what is currently being done with USB and are there any solid plans for > > using it as a network interface? > > Hmm, I've seen the first PC with USB connectors this week (it had > an Intel ATX mainboard, so that makes sense) and the periphials I > saw at the CeBIT was all pre-production material. > > USB was hardly to be found at the CeBIT, as a matter of fact. I > came along the Eizo stand that showed an extra piece of hardware > that matched with you monitor and that you could connect your USB > mouse and keyboard to. But the version ID of the mouse was 0.31, > dashed, and 0.32 hand-written behind it. > > I guess it will take some time before it becomes widespread. As > soon as Windows 95 supports it, I suppose. :) > > - Peter >
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