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Date:      Sat, 30 Jan 1999 20:36:03 -0600
From:      Tony Overfield <tony@dell.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: USB drivers
Message-ID:  <3.0.6.32.19990130203603.0086aec0@bugs.us.dell.com>
In-Reply-To: <199901302337.QAA24443@usr04.primenet.com>
References:  <3.0.6.32.19990129020703.007cdec0@bugs.us.dell.com>

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At 11:37 PM 1/30/99 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote:
>> >It looks like there are about 100 different monitors that do USB
>> >now,
>> 
>> Those monitors have USB for controls and for "convenience" hubs, 
>> but the video itself doesn't go over the USB.
>
>That's disappointing.  I guess we will have to wait for FireWire;
>talking FireWire to a video chip and memory in a monitor is faster
>than talking PCI to a card in your computer.

It sure wasn't the last time I checked....

>Wait... it looks like SGI has a FireWire flat panel...

Hmm, I haven't seen that, but I've seen this:  ;-)

http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/1999/january/flatpanel.html




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