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capable of doing whatever BIOS tells it (I believe), just like with IDE >
EIDE, and parallel ports going from unidirectional > bidirectional, etc.
The hardware is there.  It is just a matter of what the instructions in
firware dictate.

If you can find a BIOS upgrade for your machine (check with the
manufacturer) which updates the USB code from 1.1 to 2.0 (i.e. faster
speed), then you, too, can benefit.

Scott

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Johannes B. Ullrich wrote:

>
> From my (limited) experience, USB 2.0 drives will work with USB 1.1
> laptops. However, the speed will be very slow. USB 2.0 PCMCIA cards
> usually run $25-50.
>
> What kind of laptop is it? Does it have firewire? Maybe another option
> is to swap the CD drive in the laptop for a used CD-RW drive?
>
> Your laptop is most likely USB 1.1. Most laptops until very recently
> included 1.1 only.
>
>
> On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 13:09, Ken Gosier wrote:
> > There's a very cool-looking external cd-rw on sale over at overstock.com:
> >
> > http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=570145
> >
> > The only problem is: It says USB 2.0. I have a relatively old laptop
> > (almost 3 years now.) So I'm worried that my usb ports aren't the latest.
> >
> > I've read all over the laptop docs, and they just say "usb" w/o a version
> > number. I also looked over the faq on usb.org, and it also doesn't mention
> > anything about different versions.
> >
> > Are there differnent usb versions? Is this something to worry about? Many
> > thanks for any help--
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