XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.os.linux.]   
   J. P. Gilliver  wrote at 12:25 this Thursday (GMT):   
   > In message  at Thu, 29 Feb 2024 03:50:02,   
   > candycanearter07    
   > writes   
   >>["Followup-To:" header set to alt.os.linux.]   
   >   
   > Why?   
      
   I thought it was proper nettiquete to set it.   
      
   >>J. P. Gilliver  wrote at 02:59 this Thursday (GMT):   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >>I have never seen type b.   
   >   
   > Have you never had a USB printer (or earlier scanner)? It was very   
   > common.   
   >   
   > Here's an A to B cable ("USB printer cable"):   
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   Nope, I didn't really use em back in the day.   
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