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LINUX AND WINDOWS AT WWW.  W1HKJ. COM/FLDIGI. HTML.  USB 3R0 TIME AND DATA
RATES MARCH ONWARD.  LAST NOVEMBER USB 3R0 WAS UNVEILED TO THE COMPUTING
COMMUNITY AT THE FIRST SUPERSPEED USB DEVELOPER CONFERENCE.  HOW FAST IS
3R0 COMPARED TO THE CURRENT 2R0 STANDARD?  AT 4R8 GBPS ITLL TRANSFER A 25
GBYTE HD MOVIE FILE IN 70 SECONDS.  USB 2R0 TAKES 13 MINUTES FOR THE SAME
FILE.  THE CURRENT WORD FROM MICROSOFT IS THAT USB 3R0 WILL NOT BE
SUPPORTED NATIVELY IN THE UPCOMING WINDOWS 7 OPERATING SYSTEM, BUT THAT MAY
CHANGE BY THE TIME THE NEW WINDOWS IS RELEASED.  BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS
IN FACT, MICROSOFT WILL HAVE LIKELY RELEASED THE BETA VERSION OF WINDOWS 7.
BACKWARD RF WERE ACCUSTOMED TO DEALING WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES THAT
TRAVEL AWAY FROM THEIR SOURCES.  FOR INSTANCE, A RADAR SYSTEM EMITS RADIO
WAVES THAT TRAVEL ALL THE WAY TO A TARGET, SUCH AS A CAR OR PLANE, BEFORE
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