• Dave@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t some early 2000s Mac USB cables have a bit sticking out and a notch on the computer so they could only be used with Macs?

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      1 year ago

      Compliance reasons. USB spec at the time didn’t really allow for extension cables because it added an unknown amount of resistance.

      The notch was a workaround; they were within spec for the intended device both with and without that cable.

    • m3t00🌎@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      incompatible monitor/printer cables… they all had ‘standards’. whatever happened to ISA or parallel