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From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
To: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl>
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Subject: Re: USB support?
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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
>