On 2009-04-15, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:20:30 +0000 (UTC), JanC <use...@janc.invalid> > declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > >> >> USB *is* a serial port... that's what the "S" stands for. ;) >> > It is a serial protocol, but it is a shared bus-based protocol, in > contrast to the 1<>1 protocol used by serial ports.
in contrast to the 1<>1 protocol used by _most_ serial ports. There are plenty of bus architectures based on serial ports (and generally one-master, many-slave, just like USB). -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! World War Three can at be averted by adherence visi.com to a strictly enforced dress code! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list