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And when you factor in FPGAs, you can get down to the microsecond or less. Low latency is possible, it is just that priorities are often elsewhere. We like bei

by GuB-42 1y ago

And when you factor in FPGAs, you can get down to the microsecond or less. Low latency is possible, it is just that priorities are often elsewhere. We like being able to plug everything anywhere. And I admit it is damn cool being able to connect a display, most kinds of storage devices, keyboard and mouse, all while charging my laptop on a single port, at any time. I may even be able to disconnect my laptop and put my phone instead and it will do something sensible. If you did that back in the day, there was a good chance for one of the devices to turn into a smoke machine. It comes at a cost though.

dylan604 1y ago
> If you did that back in the day, there was a good chance for one of the devices to turn into a smoke machine. Back in the day, you would not have been able to do any of this with one port. Each type of device had it's own uniquely shaped connector/pins combo. You were not going to connect your SCSI devices into the VGA monitor port accidentally. Closest I ever saw was someone attempting plug in a Mac ADB cable to the S-Video port, but that just resulted in bent pins. It just so happened those pins were on an Avid Film Composer dongle instead of a replaceable cable.