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YooLi on Feb 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Thunderbolt

He can plug it into the new Thunderbolt plug with a simple adapter. Thunderbolt is already compatible with USB and Firewire.

nitrogen on Feb 25, 2011 [–]

It sounds like Thunderbolt is "compatible" with USB and Firewire in the same way ExpressCard and CardBus are -- by putting the host controller that would normally be on a PCI/PCIe card on the bus.

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