RE: [WinMac] USB 2.0

From: Dan Schwartz (Dan[at]BrakeAndGo.com)
Date: Mon Oct 23 2000 - 02:49:04 PDT

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            I'm not 100% sure on either issue. However, your Macs (most likely) already
    have USB 1.x ports; so daisy-chain your 1.x devices off the internal ports and
    the 2.0 devices off the PCI card to be safe.

            Keep in mind that there are very few (if any!) USB 2.0 devices; but they will
    give you IEEE-1394 ("FireWire" brand) speeds when available. To put it in a
    nutshell, USB 2.0 is Intel's answer to Apple's exhorbitant 1394 licensing
    fees...

            I don't have an answer about the drivers: Some USB chipsets are directly
    supported by the MacOS kernel; while others require a patch (Extension) to
    work.

            Cheers!
            Dan

    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Brian Durant [mailto:bdurant@peterlink.ru]
    >Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 2:51 AM
    >Subject: Re: [WinMac] USB 2.0
    >
    >
    >on 10/22/00 21:54, Dan Schwartz at Dan@BrakeAndGo.com wrote:
    >
    >> Just be sure to keep your USB 1.x and 2.0 chains separate, or 1.x
    >> devices will bog down the 2.0 bus.
    >
    >What exactly does this mean? Separate hubs for 1.1 and 2.0 on the same PCI
    >card? Are Apple drivers available for 2.0 or how does OrangeMicro implement
    >2.0 on a Mac?
    >
    >Cheers,
    >
    >Brian

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