USB 2.0 is speced at 480Mb/s Cliff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Jorgensen" <alhaz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [ot] web cams. > On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 16:47:36 -0500 (EST) > Adam <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > i suppose that due to licensiing issues (royalties), we won't see > firewire > > on PC motherboards anytime soon. But the USB 2.0 seems to be quite > > intersting with speeds *around* 50MB/sec. So if I could wait usb 2.0 web > > cam seems like a good pick > > I've heard some reports that many of the taiwanese motherboard makers > felt sufficently jerked around by Apple that even regardless of the cost > licensing they would refuse to include firewire even if it were free. > > Possibly not good business sense, but you can't count on foreign cultures > to act the way you want them to. > > - Eric > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list >