My old computer only has USB 1.1 ports on it, and I want to get a PCI
card that has USB 2.0 ports on it. Some of these cards also have
Firewire ports on them. Do any devices use Firewire? Seems like
everything is USB.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> My old computer only has USB 1.1 ports on it, and I want to get a PCI
> card that has USB 2.0 ports on it. Some of these cards also have
> Firewire ports on them. Do any devices use Firewire? Seems like
> everything is USB.

Digital video cameras.

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> My old computer only has USB 1.1 ports on it, and I want to get a PCI
> card that has USB 2.0 ports on it. Some of these cards also have
> Firewire ports on them. Do any devices use Firewire? Seems like
> everything is USB.



Yeah, they (industry heads) thought/intended firewire to be the next
standard, but never really caught on. It would have been nice though
with a higher data transfer rate being the main advantage. However, USB
was never thought nor intended to be as popular as it has become. USB
has grown from being a way of faster data transfer to a source of power
for MANY things from printers to lava lamps to humping dogs. It's crazy.


~ Mike

Mike <"no spam"@bytemecomputers.net> wrote in news:1RS_j.144869$Ft5.133858
@newsfe15.lga:

>
> Yeah, they (industry heads) thought/intended firewire to be the next
> standard, but never really caught on. It would have been nice though
> with a higher data transfer rate being the main advantage. However, USB
> was never thought nor intended to be as popular as it has become. USB
> has grown from being a way of faster data transfer to a source of power
> for MANY things from printers to lava lamps to humping dogs. It's crazy.
>
>
> ~ Mike
>

The dumbasses that made my HD PVR only gave options to make backups from it
using eSATA or Firewire. No USB! Morons.

Oh, and I have 5 USB external HDDs but no eSATA or Firewire external HDDs.

Mike wrote:
> USB
> has grown from being a way of faster data transfer to a source of power
> for MANY things from printers to lava lamps to humping dogs. It's crazy.

USB is the first standardized low-DC-voltage connector ever(*), AFAIK. I
don't think the USB committee intended it that way, though :-)

(*) Well, not really, the fist one is the cigarette lighter in cars, but
it never caught up for household uses.

In article <48c93a72-cd65-4ec2-95fc-(E-Mail Removed)>, "(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>My old computer only has USB 1.1 ports on it, and I want to get a PCI
>card that has USB 2.0 ports on it. Some of these cards also have
>Firewire ports on them. Do any devices use Firewire? Seems like
>everything is USB.

Get one if it's free but no point in paying extra. Firewire
is almost dead. Some older digital videos and few external
hard drives - that's all Firewire is good for these days.

DK

On May 27, 11:22*pm, d...@no.email.thankstospam.net (DK) wrote:
> In article <48c93a72-cd65-4ec2-95fc-b30c5004b...@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, "void.no.spam....@gmail.com" <void.no.spam....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >My old computer only has USB 1.1 ports on it, and I want to get a PCI
> >card that has USB 2.0 ports on it. *Some of these cards also have
> >Firewire ports on them. *Do any devices use Firewire? *Seems like
> >everything is USB.
>
> Get one if it's free but no point in paying extra. Firewire
> is almost dead. Some older digital videos and few external
> hard drives - that's all Firewire is good for these days.

Sounds good. Thanks everyone.