XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   In message  at Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:14:29,   
   Dan Purgert  writes   
   >On 2024-02-28, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >> [...]I continue to be surprised when such a standard does arise _and   
   >> is implemented widely_ - such as ISA, ATX, PCI, and USB (though that   
   >> last has so many connectors that it's lost its early attraction).   
   >   
   >There are ... 5 total (6 if you count the short-lived "USB-3 Micro-B   
   >Connector"), over the span of 25 years.  That's honestly not very bad at   
   >all, and a far sight better than earlier options where everything was   
   >different.  Nowadays, it's all converging back to USB-C, so ...   
   >   
   >   
   Type A - the default you get on PCs/laptops. Type B - the almost square   
   one you get on printers and _some_ scanners. At least three small   
   non-turn-over-able ones (at least two of which I always feel are   
   susceptible to easy damage). Type C. That's just the mechanical ones,   
   before you get into the extra connections, varying speeds, varying power   
   capabilities..   
      
   But at least it's _sort of_ a standard, in that - even though it may   
   limit you to the lowest speed/power - you can use adapters. Not like the   
   multiple _incompatible_ variants of say video, and ISA/PCI/whatever.   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
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