USB and USB 2.0

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Nami Shnuug

I have a P1.7GHz Win2k SP2 box and want to use a Canon CANOSCAN 3000EX FB
CLR SCANNER. The problem is that the scanner uses USB 2.0 technology and my
pc is still at the USB 1.1 standard. Can anyone comment whether USB 2.0 is
backwards compatible with 1.1?
 
Nami Shnuug said:
I have a P1.7GHz Win2k SP2 box and want to use a Canon CANOSCAN 3000EX FB
CLR SCANNER. The problem is that the scanner uses USB 2.0 technology and my
pc is still at the USB 1.1 standard. Can anyone comment whether USB 2.0 is
backwards compatible with 1.1?
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Yes it is. But for ~$20 you can buy a USB 2.0 PCI card and take
advantage of the better speed.
 
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