On Thu, 17 May 2001, Hans Franke wrote:
> Well, if we are talking about modern day I/O interface for a
> home brew system, I'd strongly recomend USB. Single chip USB
> controlers offer a great deal of flexibility with a simple
> interface, ready for 8 or 16 bit systems. And you may get
> almost any peripherals for USB, including _any_ kind of mass
> storage.
The simple single chip non-PCI USB devices are pretty much all client
controllers, not master controllers. That means that they can act as a
peripheral themselves, but not interface to other peripherals.
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Received on Thu May 17 2001 - 06:03:27 BST