Comment on USB 2.0 is 25 years old today — the interface standard that changed the world

NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I like the PS/2 cause it came out years before the PS2

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• lnxtx@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  RIP e-SATA

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  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Esata was so cool for like 3 years. I needed more storage fast on my laptop and having only USB 2.0 that was a no go. But esta gave me one cable to an external SSD that did power and fast data.

    Then USB 3.0 came out, then UASP, and that completely killed esata.

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    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I still prefer eSATA over USB when using SATA drives. A lot of the USB to SATA chips don’t support reading the SMART data from the drive. Now we have NVMe SSDs connected over thunderbolt, which is much faster than SATA or USB3 and SMART works correctly.

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• Decipher0771@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I feel old. The only one of those I haven’t ever used is that AAUI port. What’s that for?

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  • floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The AAUI was an adapter that allowed old-world Macs to connect to ethernet

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    • Umbrias@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i see, the computer version of a prehensile tail…

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Super old school Apple networking IIRC

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• SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve never ripped the head off of a DVI or VGA cable. Unlike HDMI and DP, then they put little grippy clips in em now so you got to get the needle nose pliers out and rip them out the port too.

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  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Personally I just splice all my cables into MIL-DTL-26482 connectirs, that way I know they’re solid!

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