What failed to take off specifically (and what I imagine the poster was referring to) is VirtualLink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualLink https://en.wikip

What failed to take off specifically (and what I imagine the poster was referring to) is VirtualLink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualLink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualLink This is the standard that was implemented into cards for a couple years in the hopes it would result in headsets that connected to a computer with single cable. Compatible headsets never materialized so the port disappeared