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Topic: Peripheral

Vital Stats

The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:

Favorite website(s):

Jennicam, Game Spot, Slashdot

Most admires:

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates

Favorite possession(s):

Apple Computer, Windows computer, PDA

Currently has on their coffee table:

PC World, Mac Today

Interest(s):

Computers

Favorite movie(s):

Titanic, Crocodile Dundee

Favorite sport(s):

Golf

Favorite online activity(s):

Chatting on ICQ, eBay Auctions

Membership(s):

Boy scouts

Favorite quote(s):

"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

Expert Talk

The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.

Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator

The peripherals like making the lunches and choosing appropriate clothes take a lot of mental energy.

Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

IEEE-1394 peripherals connect externally by simply plugging in the cables.
Texas Industrial Peripherals OEM line continues to provide turnkey solutions to answer the toughest design questions.
Texas Industrial Peripherals has revolutionized industrial computing in harsh, rugged environments and remains committed to its focus on technology.

Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

USB is supposed to overcome this because several peripherals can be connected to a single port and they can all be serviced by a single IRQ allocated to that USB rather than having an IRQ each.
Peripherals are supplied with PC drivers whereas Acorn users generally have to pay extra for RISC OS drivers to use them on Acorn computers.
Peripherals include conventional color and monochrome laser printers and portable digital media production devices.

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