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| From | "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Firewire? |
| Date | 2016-02-15 04:55 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <dibtcuFh935U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <n9dpuc$hk9$1@dont-email.me> <n9dvpk$96o$1@dont-email.me> <proto-547192.10032814022016@news.panix.com> <MPG.312a823070f02336989f7d@news.eternal-september.org> |
"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.312a823070f02336989f7d@news.eternal-september.org... > In article <proto-547192.10032814022016@news.panix.com>, proto@panix.com > says... >> >> In article <n9dvpk$96o$1@dont-email.me>, philo <philo@privacy.net> >> wrote: >> >> > On 02/09/2016 04:43 PM, gareth wrote: >> > > Has Firewire now died the death in the face of very high speed USB? >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > It's been fairly dead for quite a few years. It was most used by Apple >> > who now has gone to Thunderbolt. USB-3 as far as I know has become >> > standard. >> > >> > It seems everyone's pet peeve with USB is simply trying to connect and >> > realizing your plug is upside down. >> >> Mine is the 69 types of "B" terminators. Why they need micro and mini, >> for example. > > I think it's a marketing thing No, it was designed that way. > --the mini is pretty durable, the micro > seems to die every time you look at it, Not if you use a well made micro. guaranteeing continued sales of > cables. That's how it was designed, so that if it dies, its normally the cable end that dies and is much easier to replace than what the cable plugs into.
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Firewire? "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-02-09 22:43 +0000
Re: Firewire? "Blanco" <rko4410@gmail.com> - 2016-02-10 11:20 +1100
Re: Firewire? philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-02-09 18:24 -0600
Re: Firewire? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-09 19:21 -0600
Re: Firewire? philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-02-10 04:37 -0600
Re: Firewire? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-10 12:45 -0500
Re: Firewire? Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-02-10 17:39 +0000
Re: Firewire? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-02-14 10:03 -0500
Re: Firewire? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-14 12:23 -0500
Re: Firewire? "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> - 2016-02-15 04:55 +1100
Re: Firewire? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-02-09 19:39 -0500
Re: Firewire? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-02-09 21:44 -0500
Re: Firewire? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-10 06:14 -0500
Re: Firewire? philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-02-10 10:38 -0600
Re: Firewire? Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-02-10 17:44 +0000
Re: Firewire? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-02-10 15:30 -0500
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