4 May
2012
4 May
'12
4:47 p.m.
> And why is this a Good Thing? My point is that
it's to be exptected that
> a modern PC will have a keyboard and mouse connected to it. Why does it
> make any difference to the used if those can be connected to 2 of the USB
> ports or to 2 specific connectors for them?
On Fri, 4 May 2012, Toby Thain
wrote:
You've already asked that.
and it has yet to be ANSWERED.
NOW imagine that a whole bunch of unforeseen devices -
printers,
cameras, touch sensitive tablets, disks, modems, e-book readers, 'pen'
drives, portable audio players, ... - arrives. Are they meant to use
PS/2? Are they supposed to have individual connectors? USB is no more a
silly idea than RS-232 is.
I had numerous devices, including printers, cameras, mice, and modems
connected to my serial ports.
I had numerous devices, including printers, disk drives, SCSI adapters,
inter-computer communications, and EPROM programmer ("Sunshine") connected
to my parallel ports.
I still don't fully grasp the magnitude of the "problem" that the
"solution" addressed.
Although I will acknowledge that the USB designers did adequately address
some of the "proliferation of standards" issues in RS232 cabling.