* Andrew Hobgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  on Wed, 15 Mar 2000
| Well, I'll just give my standard response to this sort of argument -- USB
| is designed for peripherals, not for media storage or transfer, IMHO.  If
| I'm going to be doing data storage or retrieval, I'd be using SCSI.

SCSI over USB :).  But really, Firewire/iLink/IEEE-1394 is infinitely
superior for bulk data, currently 400Mb/s vs. USB's relatively pathetic
12Mb/s.  Of course, nobody makes MO drives that can keep up with data
transfer rates that fast.
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