From: Jochen Schäfer (js.josch_at_gmx.de)
Date: Wed Jan 21 2004 - 13:21:24 PST
Andrei Chichak wrote:
>>Does anyone think a USB port could be made to
>>work directly on a Newton?
>
>
> It depends on what you expect it to do.
>
> Host side USB would be out of the question as the interface chips are
..
>
> Device side USB to make the Newt look like a serial port that just happens
...
There are micro processor out there that integrate an USB host
controller (e.g. Atmel's USB ATRs), so you have the USB stack in the
firmware. Nevertheless, you have to do some communication with the
Newton (serial port? slow :-/ ), and drivers to handle the devices.
I don't think it's very worthwile.
Jochen
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