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   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2024-02-29, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > 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..   
      
   Yeah, thought you were talking about the mechanical connectors moreso   
   than "well, we have USB1.1, USB2, USB3[.n] ... ".  At least it's mostly   
   all backwards-compatible down to USB1.1 on the protocol side :)   
      
      
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