Comment on USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 8 months agoNo one really expected USB to be used to power everything
Yeah, it’s not like the U stands for Universal or something.
I’m not really sure what that means. The original A/B specification did not allow for much variable voltage. It’s only universal in name, not in nature. There was absolutely no way to deal with high voltage devices, the cables were not adaptive.
USB 4.0 specification allows for powering things like electrical drills. No way the original USB A/B specification can handle that.
As long as it’s a serial bus
You are right to an extent but the context of its original universality is in the rest of the name. Universal serial bus. The idea was a universal port for dealing with data and connections not neccesarily power.
And yet it still can’t retingulate droopglers. Pathetic.
nymwit@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Yeah, Universal Spower Bus. Sounds right. I was reading the “power” part emphasized in the comment you replied to. Prior to mass adoption by phone mfrs, USB wasn’t powering all that much. You’d usually have 5v wall wart and cable ending in a barrel connector. Hate those things.
neonred@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I chuckled more than I would like to admit about that spelled out USB name, dunno, it’s funny
pirat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The Universal Spower Bus
sounds like an awesome transit vehicle!
Let’s take a ride!
cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
The barrel connector was reversible, and I don’t think I ever had one fail.
They did always use way too much space with their AC adapter things and for whatever reason nargles liked to steal them.