I have no idea why we had red cables. There is absolutely no engineering reason why, when ethernet became a thing, that MDI-X wasn't sorted out automatically with some sort of signalling protocol. It was almost certainly a cost thing and that would probably been at the penny level (fuck customers - they don't cost me at the component stage).
To be fair, I don't know why USB had to wait until a few years back to stop acting quantum with its C incarnation. As you know a USB interface with two possible orientations will require at least three insertion attempts.
I grew up with RS232 and expected better. I had to wait quite a long time. USB C is quite good.
To be fair, I don't know why USB had to wait until a few years back to stop acting quantum with its C incarnation. As you know a USB interface with two possible orientations will require at least three insertion attempts.
I grew up with RS232 and expected better. I had to wait quite a long time. USB C is quite good.