15 Jun
2015
15 Jun
'15
10:14 p.m.
On Jun 15, 2015, at 21:59, tony duell <ard at
p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Even though there are at least 4 different USB connectors....
Ok, you got me there! When I was working for a GPS startup, I used mini-B on everything I
designed with USB (always devices, never hosts, and no need for USB OTG). Then we got
bought by a cell phone company and now everything's a godawful mix of mini-B and
micro-B, with OTG thrown in there, too. Grrr!
IMHO USB got round the problem of null-modem cables by making them impossible. Which to
me is
not an improvement. I guess USB is OK when it works (like plugging in a memory stick) but
a right pain
to debug when it doesn't. And having read the standard there is much I dislike about
it.
Maybe this isn't the best time or place for this particular rant, but in my opinion,
Windows' implementation of USB is fundamentally broken. It's a mouse, you stupid
computer! You shouldn't need to spend a minute or more installing a new device driver
for it! And you shouldn't need to install the driver yet again if I poke it in a
different hole than I did last time! Every other ******* OS on the planet is smart enough
to say "Oh, a mouse! I know how to use those!" within a handful of
milliseconds!
(Take deep, cleansing breaths, Mark.)
Ok, I feel better now. :)
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/