On 9/10/05, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Firewire is *just* *as* *convenient* as USB, connection-wise. If not
> moreso... (I find that I almost always first try to plug in a USB
> connector the wrong way round. Why, I don't know.)
I can think of three reasons.
1) the USB cable end is externally symmetric, usually without any
orientation markings.
2) the USB chassis end (A connector) is externally symmetric
3) the USB chassis connector is frequently on the back side of the
computer where you can't see it very well.
It would have been better to use hermaphroditic connectors, like the
GR 874 RF connectors.
carl
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