On 1/3/2014 7:07 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > And that takes us full circle, back to the statement that standards are > nice, there are so many to choose from. :) > > Cheers, Gene
Like with USB. The idea was to have only two types of connector, A for the host end, B for the device end. Then they introduced Mini B. The first digital cameras (and some as recent as a couple of years ago) came out with several non-standard USB plugs - some of which incorporate other functions. In 2007 the Micro B connector was introduced on cell phones. Now there's USB 3.0. The host ends are both ways cross compatible with original Type A ports but the device end is nothing at all like any other USB connector. At least Firewire hasn't had to put up with so many connectors, or any non-standard proprietary ones. IIRC there's only full and mini sizes for FW400 and FW800. But Firewire looks to be on a road to doom. USB 2.0 was nearly as fast as FW400 and cost less, giving FW a big advantage only if you had many devices - it could handle bandwidth usage better on a single port. But now USB 3.0 is faster than FW800. I dunno if it's also been updated in other ways than speed. I doubt it can do daisy chaining like Firewire. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
