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>But theoretically the tech was around and could have been implemented as early as 1996. The USB physical form-factor and electrical signals were 1996 but the
by jasode 4y ago
>But theoretically the tech was around and could have been implemented as early as 1996.
The USB physical form-factor and electrical signals were 1996 but the protocol for storage devices appears to be later in 1998:
Universal Serial Bus Mass Storage Class Specification Overview V1.0 Revision October 22, 1998 : https://cscott.net/usb_dev/data/devclass/usbmassover_10.pdf https://cscott.net/usb_dev/data/devclass/usbmassover_10.pdf
- theandrewbailey 4y ago> Universal Serial Bus Mass Storage Class Specification Back in the day, some of my friends called thumbdrives MSDs, because when you plugged one in, Windows would show a popup telling you that it found a new USB Mass Storage Device. I don't recall that initialism catching on with anybody.