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I'm starting to think that merging the power and data connections was a REALLY bad idea... Sometimes all I want to do is wire up something to a battery and some
by nixpulvis 8y ago
I'm starting to think that merging the power and data connections was a REALLY bad idea... Sometimes all I want to do is wire up something to a battery and some resistors to at least get me online long enough to send something important. Unless I'm missing something, that's getting harder and harder every revision.
EDIT: Yea, I know I'l probably cause some amount of damage in the process.
- bscphil 8y agoI have to agree. The fact that people have had devices destroyed by badly designed cables and chargers is proof enough. I keep my laptops for years after the manufacturers have stopped selling replacement parts. With older Dells at least this means buying replacement batteries and AC adapters on Ebay, and they're usually China-made generics not Dell originals. I have never had a problem with this mess of different products together; pumping five amps into one of my data ports knowing people have fried motherboards doing that scares me.
- Dylan16807 8y ago> The fact that people have had devices destroyed by badly designed cables and chargers is proof enough. No it's not! Badly designed cables and chargers have been damaging devices via power-only ports for decades.