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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by userbinator on Monday October 09, 2023 @10:06PM (#37827803)
With that pinout you'd end up with one orientation being full/high-speed and the other being low speed.

Edit: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_communications#Signaling_s...

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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by anticensor on Monday October 09, 2023 @11:30PM (#37828221)
Would be an acceptable tradeoff.
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by kelnos on Monday October 09, 2023 @11:37PM (#37828268)
But when the plug was designed, there was only one speed.
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by moring on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @01:15AM (#37828739)
Only if you don't also redefine the convention to select speeds.
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