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Untangle the Correction
Morgan Paar's Untangling The Connection article in the October '05 issue contains this reference to USB, "...devices can be daisy-chained (one connected to another and to another, etc.)." I believe that this is not correct. Whereas FireWire devices can be daisy-chained, USB devices cannot. This is an advantage, I believe, of FireWire. This is also the reason for the proliferation of USB hubs and the presence of 2 FireWire ports (one in, one passthrough) and only 1 USB port on peripheral devices like external hard drives and DVD burners.
Alan Rothstein
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Right you are, Alan. Morgan was correct in stating that up to 127 USB devices can be connected to one USB port, but this is done through hubs. Compounding the confusion are devices with built-in hubs, such as the keyboards with additional USB ports that give the illusion of being daisy chain devices.
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