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Well, there were all sorts of late Pentium MMX motherboards built with a USB 1.0
port. Case in point... The spec fot the Intel Advanced/RH "Rhinestone" LPX
motherboard with the 430HX chipset cites the USB Revision 1.0 spec, dated
January 15, 1996. The 430HX chipset was just about the end of the line for
Intel's Triton chipsets which supported the Pentium CPUs. The Pentium
motherboards in many name-brand systems including Dell, IBM, DEC, Compaq, HP,
AST, and Packard Bell all had Triton chipsets and poorly working USB 1.0 ports.
My rule of thumb has always been that USB did not work worth a darn in a
Pentium-class system. As always, release 1.0 of anything in this industry,
software or hardware, represents a mass-produced prototype.
By the time Socket 7 reached its zenith (not the one-time computer brand,
though), AMD K6-2 systems with VIA chipsets had much the more respectable USB
1.1, comparable to the Pentium 2/3 systems... Ben Myers
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:44:15 -0500, "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote:
>Ben,
>
>I'm sorry, but this isn't true, at least to my understanding. The only
>USB1.0 machines were very early Compaqs that only supported their webcam.
>Past that, all were 1.1
>
><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>news:41f1bdc1.8863062@nntp.charter.net...
>> No problemo. Your XPS T600 uses an Intel-manufactured motherboard with
>> Intel
>> 440BX chipset. Its USB slots are USB 1.1 compliant.
>>
>> If a Pentium 1 system with an Intel chipset had a USB slot, it would be
>> USB 1.0.
>> I've not memorized the details of USB compliance for older motherboards
>> with
>> VIA, ALi, SiS, and other non-Intel chipsets. Pentium II systems are a mix
>> of
>> USB 1.1 and USB 1.0, depending on vintage. Later ones with the 440BX or a
>> derivative chipset are USB 1.1... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:49:12 -0600, Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr.
>> <me@nospam.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:48:08 GMT, "Busman" <texaseitz@sbcglobal.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Could you not use a USB storage device to do this? Getting ready to
>>>>retire a
>>>>trusty P1 and upgrade.
>>>>Andy
>>>>
>>>>"Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr." <me@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:3n3mu0d1i1chrqim5ute9vhnp28c4bnh4d@4ax.com...
>>>>>I am upgrading from a Dell Dim XPS T600 to a Dell Dim 4700 later this
>>>>> month. I have around 10 or 20 MB online for storing data and
>>>>> programs. I have 100 MB for pictures. I should have enough online
>>>>> storage to move everything I want to save from my old machine to my
>>>>> new machine. The one thing I don't know how to move is my address
>>>>> book and messages in Outlook Express to the new machine. I'm going
>>>>> from Win98Se to XP Pro. I would also like to move my favorites list
>>>>> from IE and bookmarks from Netscape. Can someone advise me or point
>>>>> me to the right software to do this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr.
>>>>> Lubbock, Texas
>>>>> rkinserlow at cox dot net
>>>>> homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow
>>>>> webmaster: www.d16acbl.org/U197/index.html
>>>>
>>>
>>>Actually, I bought a USB file exchange cable and software from
>>>CompUSA. The idea of uploading everything and downloading would be
>>>slower than snot running down a wall. It says it is USB 1.1
>>>compliant, so I suppose my next question is how can I tell I have at
>>>least 1.1 USB on my old computer?
>>>
>>>Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr.
>>>Lubbock, Texas
>>>rkinserlow at cox dot net
>>>homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow
>>>webmaster: www.d16acbl.org/U197/index.html
>>
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