USB Type-C cable plugs to be reversible

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101

USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the
connector's plug is to be reversible.

It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no longer have to
worry which way round the part is facing when plugging it into a device

On 12/04/2013, Good Guy posted:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101

USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the
connector's plug is to be reversible.

It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no longer have to
worry which way round the part is facing when plugging it into a device

If I interpret that correctly, it will be true only of new devices. All
of our legacy ports and cables will still be as they are today,
n'est-ce pas? That is, the new cables won't work in the old ports...

I believe that the new Apple Lightning connectors and ports are set up
to be reversible, although I haven't been interested enough to verify
that.

I have had no trouble with the old cables, since the plug's orientation
is easy to see - except that there are some ports that are upside down.
I have a front panel add-on USB3 port that is like that - the cable has
to be plugged in with the smooth side down.

Never mind, I take it back - vertical ports on the back panel are hard
to remember: Smooth side right? Smooth side left? Try it and you will
know if you're wrong :-)

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On 12/04/2013 05:45 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On 12/04/2013, Good Guy posted:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101

USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the
connector's plug is to be reversible.

It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no longer have
to worry which way round the part is facing when plugging it into a
device

If I interpret that correctly, it will be true only of new devices. All
of our legacy ports and cables will still be as they are today, n'est-ce
pas? That is, the new cables won't work in the old ports...

I believe that the new Apple Lightning connectors and ports are set up
to be reversible, although I haven't been interested enough to verify that.

I have had no trouble with the old cables, since the plug's orientation
is easy to see - except that there are some ports that are upside down.
I have a front panel add-on USB3 port that is like that - the cable has
to be plugged in with the smooth side down.

Never mind, I take it back - vertical ports on the back panel are hard
to remember: Smooth side right? Smooth side left? Try it and you will
know if you're wrong :-)



Yep, I always thought the orientation of USB could have been done better...

Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On 12/04/2013, Good Guy posted:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101

USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version
of the connector's plug is to be reversible.

It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no
longer have to worry which way round the part is facing when
plugging it into a device

If I interpret that correctly, it will be true only of new
devices. All of our legacy ports and cables will still be as
they are today

I would hope so...

On 04-Dec-2013 21:05, Todd wrote:
On 12/04/2013 05:05 PM, philo wrote:

Never mind, I take it back - vertical ports on the back panel are hard
to remember: Smooth side right? Smooth side left? Try it and you will
know if you're wrong :-)



Yep, I always thought the orientation of USB could have been done
better...

Push.

If that doesn't work, pull.

If that doesn't work, swear.

:-)


If that doesn't work, use a bigger hammer.

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On 12/04/2013 06:11 PM, Leala wrote:
On 04-Dec-2013 21:05, Todd wrote:
On 12/04/2013 05:05 PM, philo wrote:

Never mind, I take it back - vertical ports on the back panel are hard
to remember: Smooth side right? Smooth side left? Try it and you will
know if you're wrong :-)



Yep, I always thought the orientation of USB could have been done
better...

Push.

If that doesn't work, pull.

If that doesn't work, swear.

:-)


If that doesn't work, use a bigger hammer.


“When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.�
― Mark Twain

On 12/04/2013, John Doe posted:
Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On 12/04/2013, Good Guy posted:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101
USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version
of the connector's plug is to be reversible.
It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no
longer have to worry which way round the part is facing when
plugging it into a device

If I interpret that correctly, it will be true only of new
devices. All of our legacy ports and cables will still be as
they are today

I would hope so...

OK, start your imnagination.

Think of a new cable design that would fit the current plugs and be
reversible.

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On 12/04/2013 09:16 PM, Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
hat.

I have had no trouble with the old cables, since the plug's orientation
is easy to see - except that there are some ports that are upside down.
I have a front panel add-on USB3 port that is like that - the cable has
to be plugged in with the smooth side down.

Never mind, I take it back - vertical ports on the back panel are hard
to remember: Smooth side right? Smooth side left? Try it and you will
know if you're wrong :-)



Yep, I always thought the orientation of USB could have been done
better...

I think they should have been a triangle.



Or even something as simple as a red dot

On 12/05/2013, Wolf Kirchmeir posted:
On 2013-12-04 10:52 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On 12/04/2013, John Doe posted:
Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On 12/04/2013, Good Guy posted:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101 USB cable developers
have announced that a forthcoming version
of the connector's plug is to be reversible. It means users of the
Universal Serial Bus cables will no
longer have to worry which way round the part is facing when
plugging it into a device

If I interpret that correctly, it will be true only of new
devices. All of our legacy ports and cables will still be as
they are today

I would hope so...

OK, start your imnagination.

Think of a new cable design that would fit the current plugs and be
reversible.

Can't. I have mixed feelings about a new design. I foresee a slew of
converter plugs. Bah.

I can't either. My remark was a red herring directed to Mr Doe :-)

On another NG the suggestion was made to change the current design so it
guides the new plug when correctly oriented, and blocks it if incorrectly
oriented. If done right, old plugs would still fit if correctly oriented.

The old plugs are blocked if not correctly oriented, but they're not
guided when they are oriented correctly - IOW, I agree with you.

The ones I hate are micro USB, which somehow always seem to be about to
break when I am inserting them :-)

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On 04/12/2013 23:45, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On 12/04/2013, Good Guy posted:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101

USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the
connector's plug is to be reversible.

It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no longer have
to worry which way round the part is facing when plugging it into a
device

If I interpret that correctly, it will be true only of new devices. All
of our legacy ports and cables will still be as they are today, n'est-ce
pas? That is, the new cables won't work in the old ports...


Or the new cables would be backwards compatible!!!!!!!!1 It is just a
question of engineering feat!

All the USB ports so far were backwards compatible and so the new cable
should also be.

On 12/05/2013, Good Guy posted:
On 04/12/2013 23:45, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On 12/04/2013, Good Guy posted:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101

USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the
connector's plug is to be reversible.

It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no longer have
to worry which way round the part is facing when plugging it into a
device

If I interpret that correctly, it will be true only of new devices. All
of our legacy ports and cables will still be as they are today, n'est-ce
pas? That is, the new cables won't work in the old ports...


Or the new cables would be backwards compatible!!!!!!!!1 It is just a
question of engineering feat!

All the USB ports so far were backwards compatible and so the new cable
should also be.

Naturally, I hope you are right, but as is obvious, I retain a modicum
of doubt.

Thinking about the current ports, I can't manage to visualize a way to
make them compatible - but I wouldn't have thought of the current
arrangement of the USB3 ports either :-)

--
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Good Guy wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101

USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the
connector's plug is to be reversible.

It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no longer have to
worry which way round the part is facing when plugging it into a device

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Is that you Steve?

Good Guy wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101

USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the
connector's plug is to be reversible.

It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no longer have to
worry which way round the part is facing when plugging it into a device

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day
on the job for potty mouth,

Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help
you dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all the
while pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of your
computer except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Subscriber asks
will that ****in' work? I guaranDAMtee it. Ok get the next sucker on the
phone.

I'm not Sam Hong but we both hate Roxio. Sam Hong pulled Roxio's Dong!

There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which
one are you?

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!)

All hail Chuckcar the CZAR!! Or in F-R-O-Gland Chuckcar laFROG laCZAR,
ChuckZar!!

I hate them both, With useless bogus bull**** you need at least *three*
fulltime jobs to afford either one of them

I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world
downloads the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a
month

VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat and
out your arse sir?

The only "fix" for the CellPig modem is a sledgehammer.

UBB = User based bullFROGGING

Colonel Debeers refuses to wrestle a black man
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3-o_dPhbGI)

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Always do incremental backups of your data or you'll end up like the A To
Z(Zee)-Holes at DSL Reports. Justin says i made a boo-boo. Yeah boo-who.

Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to turn

schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.

You don't have to be "stink-bottomed" to post on this newsgroup

Anyone who disagrees with me gets FROG tape over their yapper

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On 12/08/2013, Paul posted:
John Doe wrote:

Some sort of troll...


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The idea behind the "Tony series" of socks,
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Don't ask me to explain why the signature is on
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