<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Luke-Jr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:luke@dashjr.org">luke@dashjr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Do note in general, USB 3.0 is /not/ compatible with USB 1 or 2.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br>Care to explain?<br><br><a href="http://www.everythingusb.com/superspeed-usb.html#5">http://www.everythingusb.com/superspeed-usb.html#5</a><br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
<span id="EchoTopic"><h2>5. Will my existing peripherals still work? How will they co-exist? </h2></span><br><span id="EchoTopic">
The good news is that USB 3.0 has been carefully planned from the start
to peacefully co-exist with USB 2.0. First of all, while USB 3.0
specifies new physical connections and thus new cables to take advantage
of the higher speed capability of the new protocol, the connector
itself remains the same rectangular shape with the four USB 2.0 contacts
in the exact same location as before. Five new connections to carry
receive and transitted data independently are present on USB 3.0 cables
and only come into contact when mated with a proper SuperSpeed USB
connection. </span><br></blockquote></div></div><br>