Tony!

Thanks for pointing me to that site.  Lots of info there.

So as I understand things, USB 2.0 is fully backwards compatible with USB
1.1.  Since the difference between 1.1 and 1.0 is almost a none issue, can
I  assume that 2.0 is backwards compatible with 1.0?

The reason I ask is this.
My Laptop is a Compaq 1277 Presario circa 1999/2000.  MY PC is Epox 8KTA3
M'Board based circa May 2001.  I would like to be able to use an external
disk to transfer info between the two devices and act as an external backup
device.  So I though if I bought an external hard drive case with hard
drive  and use a USB 2.0/USB 1.0 (1.1?) interface (using the existing
interfaces on the MB and laptop), I would have what I want. Is this feasible?

Thanks
Preston




At 07:01 PM 6/18/03 -0700, you wrote:
>You can read an article that sheds some light on this at
>http://www.usbman.com/Guides/USB_version1.0_version1.1.htm
>
>To paraphrase - the 1.1 spec basically corrects some minor problems in
>the devices and hubs, not in the controller itself.
>And, to quote, "For the vast majority of users, the USB Specification
>1.0  vs. 1.1 controversy is a NON-ISSUE."

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