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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (42953)	1/9/1998 11:48:00 AM
From: AreWeThereYet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Jeff *OT* >>>Andy - Yes, I believe you're right about USB and storage devices. Maybe Firewire will do the trick. - Allen<<< IEEE1394 (firewire) is indeed the future but it won't be the solution for CD-ROM, CD-RW, Zip, HiFD, Jaz, HDD until I see they are built-in into the Pentium II chipset. Also the deployment of firewire will take sometimes. I don't know much about IEEE 1394, maybe you can help me. I think IEEE1394 T.A. has mentioned something like 1394 ATAPI and SCSI HDD and CD-ROM. Is it mean IEEE1394 can support ATAPI and SCSI devices??? >> Firewire is almost as cheap as USB to implement as it is silicon intensive - once developed, the cost of silicon chips drops like a rock.<< Not as cheap to desgin and implement but to manufacture, this is the nature of silicon industry. PII is now very expensive but few years later they will selling for $100/ea :o) >> An interesting factoid - you know that funny little plug in the Nintendo GameBoy that is used to connect two GameBoys together? That's the standard for the IEEE1393 connector. Those who worked the standard decided - if kids can't break that one - it's got to be good! << I didn't notice that but not a surprise since I too was amazed when I first read the N64 architecture has a Rambus interface! Propriety design can adopt new technology much faster than mainstream system because the "backward compatibility" is not a issue. We already see IEEE 1394 implementation on some consumer products (AFAIK Sony is a major supporter). aC