USB isn't daisy-chained. It's a radial distribution system, needing hubs and
things.
If it was daisy-chained I might have been more enthusiastic about it for a
work-related project some time ago.
Hardware-wise it should be as reliable as Firewire provided you have
reliable physical connection and the peripheral device complies with the
power restrictions of the hub (or provides its own power). If one peripheral
fall off the network it won't bring the whole thing down.
<bandwagon>
My main personal objection to it is it is its protocol is yet another non
open software standard in which you have to be a member of a non-free
consortium in order to get your new hardware device attached to (and
recognised by) the physical network.
</bandwagon>
The overall packet protocol is kinda similar to ethernet, firewire, CANbus,
etc etc in that there are addressed devices with the usual checksums,
control fields and data fields.
Cheers,
Jill.
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Jill Rowling
Senior Design Engineer & Unix System Administrator
Electronic Engineering Department, Aristocrat Leisure Industries
3rd Floor, 77 Dunning Ave Rosebery NSW 2018
Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry Collins [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 6:19 AM
> To: Slug
> Subject: [SLUG] USB - reliable?
>
> I wondered if USB with it's daisy chaining is going to be step
> backwards? Does the whole system stop working because of a dodgy
> connection?
>
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