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And PC's would still have floppy disk drives and RS232 ports if it wasn't for Steve Jobs :)
by waynecochran 7y ago
And PC's would still have floppy disk drives and RS232 ports if it wasn't for Steve Jobs :)
- monocasa 7y agoWell, Firewire probably would have won if it weren't for Steve Jobs too.
- romwell 7y agoYou say it as if having them were a bad thing. The fact is, people who want floppy drives in their PCs can still install them. And RS232 is alive and well on Raspberry Pi. On the other hand, the mobile world is suffering a lot from the "removing ports is a good thing" stupidity. That's how you get cell phones without a headphone jack, and laptops without a (micro)SD card slot and no USB-A ports (even when the space clearly permits them). The ports that aren't used disappear gradually without the need to be "brave" (e.g. DVD bays from laptops).
- askvictor 7y ago*Serial is still alive and well on raspberry pi and other embedded devices; rs232 is a more specific protocol which defines voltage levels (higher than the 3V of the RPI), flow control, line length etc.