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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:25:58 -0500, Ron Hunter
wrote: wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:02:08 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote: Mxsmanic wrote: Ron Hunter writes: And a keyboard is the only thing you have on a USB interface? I have two devices on USB, because that's all they support. One of them requires that it not share the interface with anything else, which pretty much blows one of the major advantages touted for USB. That's out of three computers, too. I have three devices on serial ports. I have four devices connected via SCSI. I have two devices connected via PS/2 interfaces. The keyboard is not among the devices connected via USB, because I like to keep things simple, and I prefer a keyboard that works no matter what state the system is in. It would take dozens of serial ports to equal the data handling capacity of one USB 2.0 port. I don't need the data-handling capacity of a USB 2.0 port for the devices I have connected via serial ports. No, but in order to transfer megabytes to a GPS, a faster port than serial (RS232) is highly desirable. Since I no longer get paid to deal with RS232 ports, and a GPS is a recreational device, I don't intend to mess with the confusion, and grief of dealing with a serial configuration. Your call. Don't bother to take up surfing, either. If you mean standing up on a stick in heavy waves, I can think of less painful ways of offing myself. But gee -- it just might be appropriate technology for those of us who don't walk on water. |
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