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Technology Stocks : Visioneer (VSNR): Does anybody know what's going on? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SShuda who wrote (1289)	3/10/1998 10:22:00 AM
From: Harry Franks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1763

Sorry, USB is "Universal Serial Bus". It is a port on the back of most desktops made in the past year that looks like a phone jack. USB ports (when supported by the operating system - i.e., Windows 98) will accept a large number of devices to be daisy chained together. It is seen as the port that will be used instead of serial or parallel (it is faster than both) for scanners, printers, keyboards, smartcard readers, digital cameras, removable storage (i.e., zip drives), etc. The idea (well see how well it actually works) is that you will no longer have to share a printer port or worry about interrupts, etc. You will simply plug the devise in and it will load the appropriate drivers. USB ports will also carry some power so many devices that work off of USB will not need an external power supply (although I expect printers and other big items will still use external power). After Windows 98 comes out and I know I can get a scanner that simply plugs in with no hassles about sharing my printer port with my zip drive or printer, then I would surely buy the USB product. Hope this helps.