USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible
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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible
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Someday we'll look back and laugh (or cry) at our early USB struggles.
@everett@lemmy.ml
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No one ever had doubts how type B or mini B or micro B go in.

How lucky you were to never have a device that had one of these upside-down.

@jarfil@lemmy.world
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Or a printer with the B connector rotated 90° to one side.

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