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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Neat, never heard of that, guess it's not seeing much use outside the professional setting. It's called Plantronics QD.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    So, thanks for the PTSD I don't think I've seen those ports in over a decade. Pluging in your headset into those ports was like submitting to torture.

    But yeah that's them.

    It's really interesting that they never became standardised outside of the call centre industry because really they would have been great in consumer electronics and I'm not sure why they never became popular.

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