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| RayB:
LOL If anything, people should be debating why the parallel port is still there! |
| Blanka:
--- Quote from: RayB on February 04, 2009, 04:51:23 pm ---LOL If anything, people should be debating why the parallel port is still there! --- End quote --- Read my previous post. It's there for the magnificent 12 channel USB floppy RAID. |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: Blanka on February 04, 2009, 04:40:33 pm ---The problem is that they still haven't killed the BIOS. How am I going to explain my kids Bios in 2017? --- End quote --- Heh...you worry a long way into the future......by 2017, the PC as we know it could be history and a completely new technology platform, with equally new associated interfaces could be commonplace. The PC industry is hitting the limits of conventional technology, which is why the current trend is parallel computing. Anything in the way of real advancement is going to take a very different shape, but speculating at what that will be and when, is a probably a bit premature at this point. And don't forget that the millions of PC's sitting on everyone's desks won't magically disappear just because something new becomes available. A perfect example of this is digital TV and HD. In the US, the federal government had to legally mandate the switch. It took years and years, and even just recently an attempt was made to extend the deadline. MS can't even get users to upgrade their OS because there is no compelling reason to do so, and the list goes on. Most in this hobby operate on the trailing edge, because that's where the deals are and it works for 98 percent of what one would need. If the PS/2 port disappeared on all new motherboards tomorrow (it won't, but for the sake of discussion) the use of PS/2 controllers in MAME machines would have many, many viable years in high end machines regardless. The "chicken little" mentality on this subject was unfounded 5 years ago, and is equally unfounded today. RandyT |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: RayB on February 04, 2009, 04:51:23 pm ---If anything, people should be debating why the parallel port is still there! --- End quote --- Heh. Because new PC's don't come with printers and if the consumer has one that still works, he will pass up that PC which forces him to buy a new one. RandyT |
| Turnarcades:
When it comes to interfaces we use PS/2 wherever possible. OK we use older hardware so it's not a problem, but the main reason is the simultaneous keypress restriction. Isn't it about time there was a USB 3.0 spec that did away with the 16 simultaneous limit? Plus I hate the issues with USB ID's someone described here. Considering USB was introduced to be the 'one-for-all' connection that handled all types of powered devices, it can still suffer with power issues and many OS's still have some really random issues with USB device/port assigning. At least a PS/2 keyboard connection was identifiable as just that. |
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