In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Qbranch wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
> >My "brother in law" works for lexmark (senior sales director) and I asked
> >him why Parallel has become extinct on "cheap" inkjets - he said ( as far
> >as he knows) it is because the Parallel interface is copyrighted and owned
> >by centronics, and royalties must be paid, whereas USB can be adopted for
> >free - therefore an extra few pence profit in the cheaper range printers
> >by adopting USB only.
> This is only part of the story. There is also a general move by the
> computer industry to have fewer interfaces and, by extension, fewer
> drivers on a system. USB II is much faster than Parallel - actually even
> USB 1.1 was. They also want to lose the PS/2 ports and use USB for
> keyboard and mouse as well. It is all part of the way that the physical
> makeup of the modern computer is being steered. As I have said before
> the floppy drive is going too!.
Sound like the QL needs USB.
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Tarquin Mills
ACCUS (Anglia Classic Computer Users Society)
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