[HM] Re: hello???

[Richard Clark]

Usb 2 is a newer version of usb but it is backward compatible as far as  
i know.
Richard
On 16 Dec 2003, at 4:39 PM, enterprise wrote:

> on 16/12/03 10:30 am, Rosemary Titterington at rosemary_t at mac.com  
> wrote:
>
>> Hello from Kent UK
>> I am on first G4 and OSX!!
>> Still find it interesting - I use OS9.2 as well - and still have a few
>> problems -
>> mostly mind blocks I suspect.
>> Rosemary_t at mac.com
>>
>
> Hi Rosemary, I'm from Kent, UK, too (Sandwich) also with G4 iMac (OS X
> [hardly ever use] and OS 9.2 [nearly always use]).
>
> I wonder whether anyone can help me with this:
>
> I intend to get that big big (250 Gb!) external hard disk from Iomega  
> with
> both Firewire and USB 2 interfaces. My question is this: I want to use  
> the
> Iomega on both my older (oldest) G3 iMac (with only USB connections,
> presumably USB 1) and my nice new G4 iMac (with both USB and  
> Firewire); will
> the Iomega work with the older USB machine? What does the 2 in USB 2  
> mean?
> Is it a software protocol or a hardware protocol or both? And what is  
> the
> meaning of the universe and everything?
>
> regards
>
> michael
>
>
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