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CHAPTER 6: THE USB BUS (OrangeLink
FireWire/USB PCI Board Only)
The OrangeLink FireWire/USB PCI board also provides
two easy-to-use USB ports. Hundreds of new USB
devices are available including printers, digital cameras,
game pads, joysticks, keyboards, mice, storage devices,
modems and scanners. Just plug them in when you
need them. It’s that simple.
No configuration
necessary.
The OrangeLink USB supports up to 127 devices
simultaneously. Peripheral connections may be up to
five meters in length.
Built-in +5-volt power distribution eliminates the need
for AC power supplys for low/bus-powered devices.
Much like FireWire, there are no SCSI-style ID
numbers to set , and no termination requirements make
installation quick and easy.
The OrangeLink USB performance operates at up to 12
Megabits per second – over 1,200 times faster than the
Apple Desktop Bus (ADB), over 50 times faster than
Macintosh serial ports, and over 100 times faster than a
standard PC serial or parallel port.
Simply “hot-plug” or “hot-unplug” any USB printer,
scanner, modem, camera or any other USB compliant
device and it is ready to use.
The OrangeLink FireWire/USB PCI Board has two USB
ports, as shown in the following illustration.
USB
Type A
Ports
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