>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.
Probably correct, however the iMAC uses USB for everything. So there are
"alternatives" to M$ (but I would rather use Windows than a Mac)
>A single USB connector can manage 128 (!) devices at the same time,
Incorrect, 127 was what I was told (but who cares? There aren't even enough
things to ad in theory.)
>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 :(
Well, I don't know who the developer is, but the speed is slower when you
attach ex. scanners this way then on SCSI cards, or HDs thrugh IDE/SCSI.
So it *might* be nice for some things, but overall it's already easy to
install stuff in a PC. Everything has it's own port and you just plug it in.
BTW: *Real* "Plug and Play" are only available in DOS. Hook on a keyboard,
graphics card, screen, motherboard (!) and everything will work directly.
Not even required to reboot after first start (win95 can take upto 2
restarts) :)
//Bernie
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