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   Jonty Wareing (jonty@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 00:21:24 JST Jonty Wareing

   What is the most inappropriate connector with enough pins to support USB-C?

   I suggest:

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 00:22:24 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     @jonty DB-25 and/or centronics

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 00:50:37 JST Wolf480pl

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     @jonty Fiat Punto Door Connector

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 00:54:45 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @jonty Parallel port, bonus for the Centronics variant.
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     Steve Bellovin (stevebellovin@mastodon.lawprofs.org)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:01:10 JST Steve Bellovin

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     • Charlie Stross

     @jonty @cstross I'd suggest IBM bus and tag cables, from their older mainframes: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/IBM_360_Bus_Tag_Cables.png. Note that the connectors are about 10 cm long — and you needed two to connect to each I/O device…

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:10:46 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     @jonty In fact kind of makes me wish one could easily shitpost connectors into reality and make reversible centronics-style ports and cables that's made for USB-C, finally solderable USB-C.
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     nina (q66@blahaj.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 01:37:22 JST nina

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     @jonty i can't think of a connector more inappropriate than usb-c

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     root42 (root42@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 06:19:50 JST root42

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan @jonty or maybe IEEE488 aka GPIB? Very similar.

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