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25-pin din parallel port connectors were D-shaped and invented in the 1970s. And there were directional connectors that long predated that. USB's rectangular i
by compiler-guy 7y ago
25-pin din parallel port connectors were D-shaped and invented in the 1970s. And there were directional connectors that long predated that.
USB's rectangular is simply a horrible oversight. Comparing it to PS2 is pretty lame. What about comparing it to nearly every other connector out there?
- bdamm 7y agoI'm guessing they didn't want to enlarge the serial port to one almost large enough to stick a deck of cards into.
- deepspace 7y agoThey wouldn't have to. The point is that the D shape was a proven design at the time, and it (or something similar like the HDMI shape) could have been scaled down to USB-A size.