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What USB Has Replaced (And What it Hasn't) (arstechnica.co.uk)

Posted by timothy on from the tab-a-slot-micro-b dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a story at Ars Technica about the evolution thus far of USB as an enabling technology: Like all technology, USB has evolved over time. Despite being a 'Universal' Serial Bus, in its 18-or-so years on the market it has spawned multiple versions with different connection speeds and many, many types of cables. A casual search around the shelves by my desk shows that I've got at least 12 varieties, and that's not even counting serial and PS/2 adapters. What have you replaced with USB?

4 of 299 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Not replaced: serial and parallel ports. by AC-x · · Score: 4, Funny

    My motherboard doesn't even have serial or parallel ports you insensitive clod!
     
    ... I suppose I could use one of these...

  2. Re: Pretty much everything by mark-t · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have this terrible feeling that I'm probably going to regret asking this, but why do you need to press 10 keys at once?

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  3. USB created a whole category of products. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Funny

    No one ever figured out the right way to power a little fan attached to the chop sticks to cool your noodles as you pull them from the bowl, till USB came along. And there were some twenty more such crazy things powered by USB.

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  4. Re: Pretty much everything by Maxwell'sSilverLART · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have this terrible feeling that I'm probably going to regret asking this, but why do you need to press 10 keys at once?

    In a word: EMACS.

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