Post #49733
2025-12-10 18:40 UTC
You’re thinking of firewire, and that was not proprietary. Sony came up with that. I had a mini disc player with a firewire port. And thunderbolt, which is what they use now, is an evolution on firewire made by Apple, Sony, and Intel.
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@Asmodeus_Krang@infosec.pub 2025-12-10 18:47
Got a Firewire port on my PS2. The only thing I’ve ever owned with Firewire and I never even used it.
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@ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-10 19:49
No, youngin’ they’re talking about USB. The original iMac was USB-only specifically to force the adoption of USB keyboards and mice.
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@Gerudo@lemmy.zip 2025-12-10 22:29
The first time I ever used a firewire port, I thought it was black magic compared to usb. It was INSANELY faster and super consistent speed. It was the same level of wow as the first time I used an SSD vs HDD.
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@renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 2025-12-10 22:28
I was thinking of the [30 Pin Dock Connector](https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/30-pin_dock_connector), which was proprietary, but it looks like it used both FireWire and USB protocols. Apple was known for helping propagate FireWire too.