• Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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    1 day ago

    USB-A is the common standard. Most devices are made with USB-A compatibility. Most portable media are USB-A.

    I’m not even going after the vast majority of my hard stops when I pick technology, like the fact that there’s no proper (S)VGA and no full-size DisplayPort (and I mean proper DisplayPort, not an “HDMI” plug into a DisplayPort interface), or the lack of a hardware switch to fully disable power to all onboard radio and modem devices.

    • The_Decryptor@aussie.zone
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      19 hours ago

      USB-A is the common standard. Most devices are made with USB-A compatibility. Most portable media are USB-A.

      Well, per spec the client devices are supposed to have B ports (e.g. printers, scanners, external hard drives, etc. are all B), thumb stick are outliers in that they use A.

      Well they used to at least, all the ones I’ve seen recently are A/C. A is legacy at this point.

      • azuth@sh.itjust.works
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        13 hours ago

        They had female B ports and you usually connected them to the PC with a male B to male A cable.

        Thumbstics forego the cable for easo of carrying so they provide what the cable would, USB A male for the host.