Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
>
> In a article I red something about USB which would change the way in which we
> would connect our peripherals to our computer. Could somebody explain what
> is behind this abbreviation and if this new way means an extra difficulties
> for us DOS users?
USB means Universal Serial Bus. It's a new connector type with
indeed some nice features. The big disadvantage (ofcourse) is
the thing needs drivers, so it most likely will need Winblows, I'm
not sure about that, but Linux support is still experimental, so
I think DOS will need drivers.
A single USB connector can manage 128 (!) devices at the same time,
using HUB like splitters integrated in eg monitors or keyboards.
eg a cable connects your monitor to your computer, to the splitters
in you monitor a modem, boxes (yes, can also be connected) and a
keyboard are connected. To the keyboard are a scanner and a mouse
connected. All these are controlled by the same USB connector at
the same time. Another nice feature is that devices can be pluged
in at run time and will be recogniced by the computer and drivers
will dynamically be loaded and unloaded (through PnP :(
Sounds very nice, but I assume it's developed by MS :(
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