1/28/00 12:12:23 AM
What computers are going USB for everything? I assume that is what you mean by
"legacy free". I didn't think anything that drastic was
happening yet. I didn't even know a usb keyboard existed yet ......for a PC at least.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/27/00 1:08:08 PM ->
>I too was wondering about USB support for DOS. Maybe via newer BIOSes, or is
>that wishful thinking? With the new legacy-free PCs, even the keyboard will be
>useless under DOS without USB support. How will a computer recognize the
>keyboard for CMOS setup when no OS is loaded? Windows is not the only OS with
>USB support. There is also Mac, and I don't know about Solaris, OpenVMS (Alpha
>CPU), BeOS, AIX, etc.
>
>And what about IEEE 1394 (FireWire)?
>
>Thomas Mueller
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