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|    Ed Vance to August Abolins    |
|    USB 3.0 Flash Drive goof    |
|    09 Oct 21 21:28:00    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 15813.windowsa@1:2320/105 25c7bd03       REPLY: 1:396/45.29@fidonet f538594b       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/dcb003099 Dec 31 2020 GCC 7.5.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/dcb003099 Dec 31 2020 GCC 7.5.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: ASCII 1       10-08-21 23:17 August Abolins wrote to Ed Vance about USB 3.0 Flash Drive goof       Howdy! August,               AA> Hello Ed Vance!               AA> ** On Friday 08.10.21 - 13:56, Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins:               EV> Yes, on the back of the carton it says Backward Compatible        EV> with USB 2.0 .               EV> I plugged it in the XP pc again and after about 30 seconds        EV> I saw the HDD LED was on so I waited and the Thumbdrive        EV> came up in Windows Explorer.               AA> Good to hear that it cooperates afterall.               AA> I have a USB 3.0 64GB that warns me that "this device can run        AA> faster on another port" or something like that. When that        AA> happens, the fallback speed is at USB 1.1 levels or something.        AA> Often a retry and a re-insertion kick-starts the USB 2.0        AA> speeds.              I haven't tried putting anything on the Thumbdrive to see how fast       or slow it is.               EV> Lord, Grant Me patience but I WANT IT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!               AA> You get want you NEED, not WANT. ;)               AA> ../|ug              Do You use the nickname/handle OGG in another echo?              73 de Ed W9ODR dit dit                     ... CAT: (n) Dog chew toy       --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 15/0 18/200 19/36 90/1 105/81 106/201 116/18 120/302       SEEN-BY: 120/340 123/131 129/305 153/7715 218/700 221/6 222/2 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 702 229/424 426 428 452 664 700 230/150 152 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 317 400 250/1 261/38 100 1466 266/512 267/155       SEEN-BY: 275/100 280/464 282/1038 1056 291/100 111 301/1 113 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/119 219 322/757 335/364 340/400 341/66 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 633/280 640/1321 712/848 801/161 189 2320/0 33 105 195 304       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 5020/1042       PATH: 2320/105 261/38 301/1 229/426           |
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