From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   immibis  wrote at 11:25 this Thursday (GMT):   
   > On 29/02/24 04:50, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >> ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.os.linux.]   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Type B is a good choice for large devices, such as printers, which have   
   > detachable USB cables - and that's what it's designed for. It's   
   > physically much sturdier than micro-USB. It might get replaced with type   
   > C or it might not.   
   >   
   > Of course, modern printers are probably trying to sell you on some   
   > wireless cloudshit instead of just being printers.   
      
   Yeah, a lot of the printers I've seen have had wireless.   
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