In a message dated 12-04-99, Andy Roberts said to Holger Granholm:

Hi Andy,

 AR>> Usbcom02.Zip was just announced by Pete Norloff, so it may not be
 AR>> on that CD.

 HG> Just checked, it isn't but I'll await your reply to the previous
 HG> reply.

AR>If that's the file you need, then I'll send it to you via E-Mail
AR>File Attach.

Thanks, but not necessary. I used the MTel application I received from
Jack Stein for the first time to grab it from his (Pete's) site.

AR>I may be proven wrong in the long run, but my feeling about USB is
AR>in the same class with VLB, which was only dominate for the 486 and
AR>mostly abandoned for the Pentium, which forced a lot of very
AR>expensive VLB HW to become obsolete.

Well this BBS machine is running on a VLB mobo with an AMD 486DX80.
It would be nice to upgrade it to the old mobo coming from my work
machine but I don't fancy buying new SCSI and video controllers to
replace the VLB units.

AR>And I'm sure USB has it's good points. But I have no intention
AR>of throwing away my ISA and SCSI HW and jumping on the USB
AR>bandwagon, just because some OEMs are trying to push new standards

Well, actually I really don't see the need either but thought I would
"future proof" the work machine while at it.

I might buy a 250 Mb ZIP but it will be a SCSI unit because I have an
Adaptec AHA-2842 in this machine and an 2940 in the work machine and
both sport a similar external connector and the controllers termination
can be switched on and off from the keyboard.

AR>I'm not sure what is going to be developed to replace the Pentium.

In my case, AMD will replace the Pentium.  I don't see the need to feed
Intel any more than M$.

Have a nice day,

Holger

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