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Re:How the iMac Saved Apple by detourdog on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @08:47PM (#37155777)
They may have been standard I have my doubts. What standard config was it? Until 1998 there weren't many USB peripherals if any.
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Re:How the iMac Saved Apple by green_leaves on Saturday August 19, 2023 @05:31AM (#37187034)
You can see USB ports in computer adverstised in the magazine I linked. Laptops and desktops alike. A majority of PC chipsets had support for it since at least Aug97:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/72

It's true however that until year change 97/98 USB devices were very rare. Windows got support half a year before in Aug97.

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