Re: USB? (OT)

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From: xxyzz
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:00

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Patrick Gibbon wrote:

> I know this is the wrong place to post this but we are all know computers
> fairly well so here goes.  What is USB?  What's so good about it?  What do I
> keep hearing it about gaming?
>
> --
> -Patrick Gibbon
>
> "If you think taking a bubble bath starts with eating beans for dinner..you
> might be a redneck."

USB is a type of port that you can connect a controller to.  The advantage of
this type of port is that it has a faster sampling rate than a normal
connection.  With a USB mouse you get a sampling rate of 125 hz as opposed to
40hz with a normal mouse.

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