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Subject: Re: No More USB-A Ports
From: Anssi Saari
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Organization: An impatient and LOUD arachnid
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:18 UTC
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From: anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi (Anssi Saari)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: No More USB-A Ports
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:18:26 +0300
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> The machine I’m using right now, which is just about a year old, is
> practically overflowing with USB-A ports. But it only has one USB-C
> port. How long has USB-C been around?

It was in my previous phone and I kept it for three years and the
current phone is also about three years, so more than six years? Looks
like ten years since the spec was released.

> Here is a concept that does away with USB-A completely, and ends up
> bristling with USB-C ports instead.
>
> <https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173741/a-motherboard-with-no-usb-a-ports-but-10-usb-c-instead>

It seems there are headers for front panel USB, so type-A if one wants,
just not on the back panel.

> What do you think? Ready for them to bring it on?

I don't really see the point of putting a lot of USB ports in the back
of a computer in general. Aren't they a little hard to reach? And do you
really need 10?

Then again, I don't understand the SPDIF connector either. Sure I love
it, so great for me but do people really use that?

In my desktop computer I have just two back panel USB ports (type-A) in
use, mouse and keyboard via a hub and an old wireless game controller
receiver I don't much use any more. I think I've used the single type-C
port in the back a few of times to image an SSD.

Subject: Re: No More USB-A Ports
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:22 UTC
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Subject: Re: No More USB-A Ports
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:22:54 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:18:26 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote:

> I don't really see the point of putting a lot of USB ports in the back
> of a computer in general. Aren't they a little hard to reach? And do you
> really need 10?

I have a about a dozen type-A ports on the back of this machine I’m using
now. Plus one type-C. And two more type-As on the front.

Subject	Author
Re: No More USB-A Ports	Anssi Saari
Re: No More USB-A Ports	Lawrence D'Oliveiro