[AT] USB

[Steve W.]

5 year old Dimension 8200. It has dual USB controllers, Both are USB1.1
Intel - 82801B/BAM chips. It has a internal hub which gives it the front
pair of ports and the rear pair of ports. The new card has dual NEC
controllers on it. I have added the same card model into machines from
Dell, Compaq and an IBM that the owners wanted to upgrade, no problems
with any of them. Laptop wise I use a USB 2.0 in the Inspirion 8100 I
have and it works fine, also works good in the IBM ThinkPad and a Sony
Vaio I have here. (That Sony is a nice machine BUT service is a total
JOKE, Glad I don't own it)

I have three IBM Thinkcentre 8183s here, You want ports this has'em. 2
front 4 rear 2.0 USB, Printer, 2 - 232 serial, monitor, audio
in/out(F/R), PS2 for mouse and keyboard, Firewire, Video OUT. Running XP
pro with 1 gig onboard ram, but only a 2 gig Celery chip (may toss a P4
in it if I can find one reasonable)

Steve Williams

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Rivet how-to USB


> I presume you're talking about a Dimension rather than an Inspiron,
> Steve.  That box design is either old enough that they hadn't
integrated
> all the peripherals through a single USB controller or else they have
a
> USB 2.0 controller with an integral 1.0 hub below it for the sockets,
OR
> Dell didn't bother following the complete standard.  Any of those
> options are possible.  It's a four-year old design.  And, not all OS
> interfaces treat I/O changes the same.  I'm currently running three
> different versions of Windows XP -- all loaded with the latest
upgrades,
> and I still see three different reactions on the system when I hot
plug
> items through the USB ports.
>
> One of the things that is conspicuously absent in printed computer
specs
> is the mention of the USB standard that is being used.  You're lucky
to
> even have mention of the number of USB sockets that are available.
>
> Larry
>