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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

www.pcgamer.com USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

Someday we'll look back and laugh (or cry) at our early USB struggles.

USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

www.pcgamer.com /usb-inventor-explains-why-the-connector-was-not-designed-to-be-reversible/

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saved you a click: “ Making USB reversible to begin with would have necessitated twice as many wires and twice as many circuits, and would have doubled the cost.”