All I can say is that before USB 1.0, the myriad of connections on a PC motherboard were ridiculous. USB was leaps and bounds better beyond PS/2, and VGA and va

All I can say is that before USB 1.0, the myriad of connections on a PC motherboard were ridiculous. USB was leaps and bounds better beyond PS/2, and VGA and various serial and parallel ports would require you to physically screw in the plug. Just look at: https://www.electronicshub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Ports.jpg https://www.electronicshub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Po... It was a nightmare. And virtually none of those ports would self-install drivers when a device was plugged into it. USB 1.0 was magic when it came out.