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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by dboreham on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:44PM (#37825259)
There were auto-crossover RS-232 boxes going back deep into the 1980s.
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by sitzkrieg on Monday October 09, 2023 @06:15PM (#37826134)
with baud rate detection to boot (down the line)
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