Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/19
Want: [WayBack] Hadi Hariri on Twitter: “You know @Apple I actually liked that feature of not pulling the computer off the desk when tripping over the cable. You removed it, I’m getting an add-on. And thanks @bashorov for the recommendation.… https://t.co/Ju036sqRW4”
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/26
Another piece of history: FireWire also known as IEEE-1394 [WayBack].
[WayBack] The tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative tech torpedoed by corporations | Ars Technica
I still have that iPod, cables and IEEE-1394 adapters to communicate with it (:
It didn’t help that by now various types of connections – including FireWire, USB and others – are also used for DMA hacking. One less connection type, one less risk of entry:
via: [WayBack] Firewire and what could have been.. – Roderick Gadellaa – Google+ and [WayBack] Fred Dresken (Maverick) – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/05
Via: [WayBack] USB-C Cable Mess I just got a new smartphone, with USB-C of course. I have a mobile external SSD, which can easily be connected as an OTG device to sai… – Jürgen Christoffel – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/07/27
Later on, I might add a USB31000S in the mix, but I will do some initial testing with USB 3 gigabit ethernet adapters based on Realtek RTL8153 and Asix AX88179 chips.
Things I will focus on with my Retina MacBook Pro 2015 model are:
Some links for my references:
A first impression from the above links is that for Realtek chipset based devices, drivers are more readily included in operating systems, and these chipsets are better at VLAN handling.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/13
Cables that really work well: [WayBack] BensonApproved – USB Type-C
Related to USB-C charging cables: not always as good as you’d think.
–jeroen
Via: [WayBack] [Q] Goeie USB-C kabel(s)? Ik ben op zoek naar een goeie usb-c kabels, liefst een beetje betaalbaar. Als ik bijvoorbeeld bij de Mediamarkt kijk (I know,… – Roderick Gadellaa – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/07/24
Interesting read: De veelbelovende warboel van usb-c – Achtergrond – Tweakers.
This Dutch article explains about the clusterfuck of USB standards and why USB-C cables in the end might be a good thing.
Watch your cables!
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/25
Merry X-mas sorting out your cables (:
Some interesting links that all come down to: make sure your USB-C cable is compliant before you start really using it.
you cannot be sure that cables Benson tested good are always good. Trust me, it happened to me. Knowing the ASINs/EANs of good cables, I went into local stores and bought a number of presumably good cables. Know what? They were bad. Might be that vendors recently changed their cables and there are still batches of bad ones out there, still with the same ASIN/EAN codes. So just be careful!
and
Having a weaker than 3A charger is actually a risk factor because the device being charged will always try to charge at 3 and if the older adapter can’t handle 3A, that is when it might be
–jeroen
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