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To: Neil Kalton who wrote (1579)	11/15/1997 2:53:00 PM
From: Mike Winn	Respond to of 60323

Neil, I replied to you the other day that the serial and PCMCIA interfaces are the two ways of transferring data from the CompactFlash to a PC. I just remember today that USB (or Universal Serial Bus) is another new interface. USB is supposed to be very big this year. It was developed by Intel a year ago but was late to come to the market because Microsoft was late in supporting it. The drivers for USB are now available for Windows 95 and you don't have to wait for Windows 98. USB will be pushed big time by Intel at this Comdex. This is supposed to be an universal interface that will hook up camera, set top box, PC, TV, Web TV, phone, all electronics appliances together. The throughput of USB is 10 times that of a serial bus. I foresee that all future digital cameras and all PCs will come with a USB interface. See: techweb.com Well, that's all my "readings" for the weekend. At least for now. =============================== Btw, I think Amazon.com will succeed. Everytime I get on it with the intention of buying one book, I end up buying several books. As I examine the book I plan to buy, Amazon will refer me to other related books. So I casually put the other books into my "shopping cart" and as I advance to the "checkout counter", I decide to take out only a few books but end up buying more than I originally planned. The reason Amazon has most of the books because it has one centralized location to distribute all the books whereas a Barn & Noble book store can only afford to carry a limited quantity of books.