Charlie,
Will USB 2.0 devices work just fine, but at lower speed, on a
USB 1.1 bus?
I've had no problem connecting USB2.0 HDD's and CDRom drives to USB 1.1
hosts on Apple Mac OS X machines - they just run at the slower speeds.
Also FYI - http://www.linux-usb.org/usb2.html
all the best
Will USB 2.0 devices work just fine, but at lower speed, on a USB 1.1 bus?
Yes, but with caveats. I own an external Maxtor drive that works fine at both
2.0 and 1.1 (musch slower). However, I think it depends on both the device and
the usb cable. It is my understanding that not all older 1.1
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Charlie Brady wrote:
Will USB 2.0 devices work just fine, but at lower speed, on a USB 1.1 bus?
Thanks for all the responses. The consensus is yes.
The linux-usb.org doco is clear:
You can connect USB 2.0 devices to USB 1.1 hosts and hubs, and they
should work just
On 5 Nov 2002 at 11:08, Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's something that I haven't been able to find clear and unambiguous
documentation on. Someone here might know.
Will USB 2.0 devices work just fine, but at lower speed, on a USB 1.1 bus?
All the 2.0 devices I have seen
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Nick Ramsay wrote:
Sorry, never tried this one - I'd be more inclined towards FireWire
for tape backup.
If anyone has a spare FireWire tape drive, I'd love to have a play with
it. :-)
Cheers
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Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Has anybody used USB tape backup devices? Anything good or bad to report?
I tried one about a year ago and wasn't very happy with it. In a very
general sense, it didn't seem to be a stable connection. That is, I'd
receive errors from time to time that the system could not communicate
with
Have you used that external maxtor with esmith? I have one and would
love
to use it for storage on the esmith
I have not tried, yet. The drive belongs to work and the sme server to
home, but I'll try to 'borrow' it and see what happens.
Noah Genner
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On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 03:08, Charlie Brady wrote:
There's something that I haven't been able to find clear and unambiguous
documentation on. Someone here might know.
Will USB 2.0 devices work just fine, but at lower speed, on a USB 1.1 bus?
USB 2.0
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There's something that I haven't been able to find clear and unambiguous
documentation on. Someone
