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paulza
03-24-1999, 05:37 PM
I have a BX6 V2 motherboard that has 2 USB ports. What are these best used for? Will they actually speed up or improve the performance of my printer, modem etc? What is needed to use them and lastly, where can I get more info on USBs.
Thanks in advance!
Bleeding Edge
03-24-1999, 06:26 PM
Good question.


It's not going to speed up any modem, printer or scanner in production.

The cabling may seem more convenient to someone.


http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

After thought...
Oh.
Got one.
A USB digital camera!



[This message has been edited by Bleeding Edge (edited 03-24-99).]
JROBERTS
03-24-1999, 08:14 PM
I think the best part is not having to worry about IRQ's. If you ever get a digital camera, I would suggest getting one that is USB. I have one that hooks up to a serial port and it takes forever to download. USB scanners and printers won't be much faster than parallel port ones but they will probably be easier to hook up.
kwai
03-24-1999, 08:24 PM
intel has some info (with their own slant) and a link to some usb org. sorry, to lazy to get the url since its such a maze to wade through.
Bleeding Edge
03-24-1999, 08:27 PM
JROBERTS,

Hey.

We forgot to give Paulza some links for more info.

Follow them here:
http://www.usb.org/
http://www.intel.com/design/usb/
Nathan
03-24-1999, 10:48 PM
I really don't know how much USB will take off. As others have mentioned, it's great for the digital cameras. But by the end of the year(?) the new motherboards will be out with no ISA slots. That is suppose to give us more IRQ's.