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- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
oh i didn’t know that apple wanted to use audio kacks for keyboards and mice, i only thought it was some of the ipods
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
that makes sense. those connectors would have to be pretty huge
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
sad. now we use RECTANGLES to record funny videos instead of cylinders.
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
oh cool
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
oh interesting
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
i wonder how many pins could you fit with modern technology on something the size of a 30-pin connector? would that mean you could get more data/power being transferred? (the wire would have to get way thicker though)
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
oh yeah usb has loads of pins for data. no wonder barrel jacks were never used to transfer data…
oh yeah designing an idiot-proof power plug that can be rotated 360 degrees would be challenging ad well
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
woah that’s a very in-depth answer. yeah makes sense that cylindrical connectors aren’t actually designed to rotate a bunch. I assume it would be something similar to weird crackling sound when you turn an 3.5mm jack cable too hard?
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
wdym? I did say the advantage of USB-C was a universal standard. that’s definitely why everything uses USB-C, much more convenient.
My later paragraphs were focusing on a theoretical cylindrical wall plug (hence the comparison with the euro plug, schuko, uk plug, etc). sorry if just “plug” wasn’t clear.
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
another downside to cylindrical usb plugs would probably be thinness, USB-C ports are quite a bit flatter and suits thinner devices a lot more
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 days ago:
fair point, makes sense
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