[Discussion] USB Memory Sticks

[Kev]

Steven Levine wrote:
> In <45B163F3.3030700 at tpg.com.au>, on 01/20/07
>    at 09:36 AM, Kev <kdownes at tpg.com.au> said:
>
>
>   
>> My TP R32 has 1.1 ports and USB2 devices work in it.  My understanding 
>> is that all USB2 devices are backward compatible with USB1.1.
>>     
>
> This is what the standard says.  Reality differs, especially for older
> implementations of USB hardware and software.
>
> Another factor to keep in mind is that on other OS's, the vendors supply
> drivers that address the idiosyncracies of their systems and devices. 
> With eCS/OS2, the drivers tend to be generic and written to the letter of
> the standard.  This increases the likelyhood that failures will occur for
> hardware that's not quite 100% standard.

Linux has the exact situation, but not the compatibility problems.  I 
still think it's either dodgy drivers or wrong switch settings.

Kev


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