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Originally Posted by ratinox
Exactly, and they're not labeled anywhere to tell them apart. So much for USB 3's dream of unifying standards to a single cable spec for everything. Maybe USB 4 will pull it off.
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And maybe Pigs Will Fly.
Also USB-C is over 10 years old and only in the last year I've got much that uses it.
USB 3.0 is over 16 years old and only some stuff in last 5 years that I've got uses it.
USB 3.0 in use on external HDDs:- One HDD uses the extended USB-B connector (extra part)
- One HDD uses the extended micro-USB (extra part)
- Two HDD use an extended USB-A (5 extra connections) and spec breaking extended USB-A back to back cable.
Items #1 & #2 do USB 2.0 with a regular cable. I've no back-to-back regular USB cables.
I've a few desktop machines with random mix of USB 3.x and USB 2.x on the USB-A sockets. One only has a USB-C with USB 3.x
I've six laptops. Oldest is Jan 2000. The two oldest are USB-A and USB 1.x only and USB boot only on Dells 6 months after the 2002 model.
Only one has USB-C (and it is both ALT DP for video and USB 3.x) and power can't be turned off, not even in BIOS, and it has one other USB 3.x as USB A and a USB 2.x USB A. Stupidly too thin for Ethernet, so an Ethernet to USB3.x dongle needed (I've never seen USB 2.x do more than 100 M and some are slower) that can't be on the USB-C unless you unplug it every time!
Not enough USB ports, so had to buy a USB 3.x Hub. But mysteriously only one of 4 ports is USB 3.0
It's a mess and I'd be dead before we see a unified USB.
Note original Win95 had no USB and MS deliberately killed SP7 that added USB drivers for NT 4.0 to boost Win 2K sales!
I tested USB drivers on NT 4.0 and they worked fine.a
I've several gadgets that use Qualcom fast charging at 12V and USB-C, but PSU is a 4 way USB-A.
I've two that use a fast charger with a USB-C socket on it.