Re: USB input devices?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Michael Crane <cranem@athenet.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Jan 1999 07:52:31 -0500, nospamhattonr@aug.com (Rick)
> wrote:
> 
> >Michael Crane <cranem@athenet.net> wrote:
> >> Folks, I wouldn't believe a word this fellow types - he's lied
> >> repeatedly here before.  For instance, he promised that he would leave
> >> the Apple II community on Dec. 25, 1998.  Obviously he has reneged on
> >> this promise.
> >
> >I wonder if his enginner friend is basing the assumptions on the fact
> >that there are already ADB/USB converters being produced for the Mac.
> 
> Hmmm, ADB/USB converters.  How useful can this be, given that USB has
> a data rate of 12Mbps, and ADB has to be considerably less than that
> (though I will admit ignorance of the actual data rate of an ADB
> port.)

10 kilobits per second maximum.  Just a tad slower.  :-)

These adaptors are for connecting ADB peripherals to a USB bus, not the
other way around.

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