It only had one major problem – total I/O bandwidth was too low, and when using my HP8230 USB CDRW drive ( USB 1.1, 4x write, 24x read ) the mouse became highly erratic and typing input slowed down as the onboard USB hosts diverted all bandwidth to one port to keep the burner running.Īttempting to use Zip and CDRW, or scanner, at same time, caused ruined disks. had intel 810, cel 500, 64Mb, modem, internal graphics and 4 USB ports in a sealed designer case ( ext monitor, USB keybdand mouse ) Hardware that supports both standards seems an elegant and logical way to let the competing standards battle it out,įor my tuppence-worth – I bought a USB-only PC in 2000 – the century City 5000 from not defunct AST Computing. Some opportunistic manufacturer will make an integrated interface that supports both IEEE1394 and US, suitable for integration into devices, so they can use either standard to communicate with a PC ( But not with each other obviously )… I think external Hard Drive caddies using both FireWire and USB2 are already available.
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