Well in general standardization is a good thing that helps to keep costs
down.. It also allows for a common connection for similar devices and makes
extension cables interchangeable. This concept is not unique. A RCA cable
can be used for an audio connection on your stereo receiver and a video
connection on your VCR and patch cords for a tape recorder as well as
speaker cables and a few other devices. Many different applications for the
same type of cabling is also true for phone jacks and coaxial connections.

Mark Rode
The NoSpin Group

>Is it just me, or do others also feel that it was utmost stupidity in design
>to use the same connector for the keyboard and the mouse?
>
>Peter Shkabara, P.E.
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