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FUN WITH USBsAbout two years ago, PC manufacturers started putting Universal Serial Bus connectors on their desktop systems. But it wasn't until the USB-friendly Windows 98 went on sale this summer that PC owners had any practical way of taking advantage of the new attachment, which makes it much easier to hook up a wide variety of accessories to a computer. Win98, and the shipment a few weeks later of the USB-based Apple iMac, has triggered a flood of accessories, from printers and scanners to mice and even speakers. Owners of older PCs don't have to feel left out. For about $40, they can get a plug-in card from Entrega Technologies or ADS Technologies that will add two USB ports to just about any PC made in the past five years. These cards will physically fit in most Power Macintoshes, but so far, there's no software for them.
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