• nymwit@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, Universal Spower Bus. Sounds right. I was reading the “power” part emphasized in the comment you replied to. Prior to mass adoption by phone mfrs, USB wasn’t powering all that much. You’d usually have 5v wall wart and cable ending in a barrel connector. Hate those things.

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      1 year ago

      I chuckled more than I would like to admit about that spelled out USB name, dunno, it’s funny

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      1 year ago

      The Universal Spower Bus

      sounds like an awesome transit vehicle!

      Let’s take a ride!

      Edit: Spower is a contraction of Space and Power. Yes, you heard me right. It’s running on spinfinite space power!

      And there you have it,

      The Universal Spower Bus:

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      1 year ago

      The barrel connector was reversible, and I don’t think I ever had one fail.

      They did always use way too much space with their AC adapter things and for whatever reason nargles liked to steal them.