Subj : Re: Hardware query
To   : acn
From : N1uro
Date : Tue Sep 14 2021 10:47:00

Hello Anna;

-=> acn wrote to N1uro <=-

 ac> AFAIK there is a USB 1 header, but I don't have the breakout panel/
 ac> connector for it.
 ac> And as I'm using Zip disks for data transfer (and an internal IDE Zip
 ac> drive connected to a PCI IDE controller in my main PC), I don't really
 ac> need USB there.

So then if it's detectable it doesn't matter if the panel is there or not...
like an older LinkSys router of sorts. They all have  USB but no panels.

 ac> I've used OS/2 in the late 90s as my main OS and really liked it.
 ac> Especially when BBSing (either with a terminal program or a point
 ac> software like XP), it offered the best serial throughput as the
 ac> multitasking was excellent, especially compared to Win95/98.
 ac> Serial connections were rock solid, even when other tasks were active
 ac> and the download went in the backgroud. So cool to see back then :)

I was using OS/2, NetWare 3.x, Linux 1.x and MFNOS (a variant of KA9Q NOS that
I ended up working on with the maintainer). I still run linux and MFNOS.

.... Old daredevils never die, they just get discouraged.
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