I agree, Ralph. Sometimes folks who write articles simply don't understand the reality of the situation. Let's say I have to track two positions on my screen. Let's say those positions are in pixels, and they're 16 bits each (allowing 65535 pixels in each direction of my MegaMondoScreen(RegUsPatOff)). That means at 12 megabits/sec, I can track movement across my screen of well over 250,000 positions per second.
Wow! At that rate, I can do some SERIOUS paint programs!!!!
Sheesh.
"Ralph Daugherty" <ralph@ee.net> wrote in message news:1de449bb.-1@WebX.WawyahGHajS...from: Microsoft unplugs Intel project By Matthew Broersma ZDNet (UK) April 18, 2001 3:27 PM PT "USB 1.1 is now built into almost all PCs, but with a top data transfer rate of 12Mbit/s it is only suitable for peripherals such as low-end printers and mice." Remember when 12 *hundred* bits/sec (1200 baud) was considered suitable for mice and low end printers? Now 12 *MEGA* bits/sec is not suitable for anything more than mice, says this ZDNet correspondent. Excuse me while I go get a T1 line for my mouse... Ralph
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