Re: USB vs. parallel port

2000-01-06 Thread Nick Hibma
Except that I doubt whether UHCI will survive USB2.0. Nick On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Peter Wemm wrote: > Nick Hibma wrote: > > > By the way, at the moment it is better to have a UHCI controller on > > your motherboard. Allthough the OHCI controller is much smarter and more > > efficient, support fo

Re: USB vs. parallel port

2000-01-05 Thread Peter Wemm
Nick Hibma wrote: > By the way, at the moment it is better to have a UHCI controller on > your motherboard. Allthough the OHCI controller is much smarter and more > efficient, support for it is not as stable as the support for UHCI > controllers. Sounds like UHCI => IDE, OHCI => SCSI ? (only 1/

Re: USB vs. parallel port

2000-01-05 Thread Nick Hibma
Whether or not the system is loaded or not depends mainly on what hardware you have. OHCI tends to load the system a lot less than UHCI (Intel). But compared to serial and parallel ports, USB is a lot better. Most of the transaction is done per DMA and with large quantities it outperforms both o

Re: USB vs. parallel port

1999-12-26 Thread Mike Smith
> A co-worker is looking into buying a printer, and was wondering which > kind would be better, USB and/or parallel. (There are also some that do > both). > > Parallel printers tend to load down the system when busy, but serial > devices tend to load them down even more, although USB is a whole

USB vs. parallel port

1999-12-26 Thread Nate Williams
A co-worker is looking into buying a printer, and was wondering which kind would be better, USB and/or parallel. (There are also some that do both). Parallel printers tend to load down the system when busy, but serial devices tend to load them down even more, although USB is a whole different an