Oiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoThe EU has finally won this one!feddit.deimagemessage-square391fedilinkarrow-up12.09Karrow-down194cross-posted to: europeanfederalists@lemmy.world
arrow-up12Karrow-down1imageThe EU has finally won this one!feddit.deOiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square391fedilinkcross-posted to: europeanfederalists@lemmy.world
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoDidn’t some early 2000s Mac USB cables have a bit sticking out and a notch on the computer so they could only be used with Macs?
minus-squareAsymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoCompliance reasons. USB spec at the time didn’t really allow for extension cables because it added an unknown amount of resistance. The notch was a workaround; they were within spec for the intended device both with and without that cable.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoOh interesting! I guess I should stop blaming apple then.
minus-squarem3t00🌎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoincompatible monitor/printer cables… they all had ‘standards’. whatever happened to ISA or parallel
Didn’t some early 2000s Mac USB cables have a bit sticking out and a notch on the computer so they could only be used with Macs?
Compliance reasons. USB spec at the time didn’t really allow for extension cables because it added an unknown amount of resistance.
The notch was a workaround; they were within spec for the intended device both with and without that cable.
Oh interesting! I guess I should stop blaming apple then.
incompatible monitor/printer cables… they all had ‘standards’. whatever happened to ISA or parallel