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1. Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 01:02:36 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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   • Jernej Simončič �

   @jernej__s @BBQDeveloper imagine if it did. we would have had the "silly USB power nonsense" era with fans and LEDs and shit, decades earlier

   • Jernej Simončič � (jernej__s@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 01:02:38 JST Jernej Simončič �

     @BBQDeveloper @foone Fun fact: one of the main things DOS mouse drivers did was to hold DTR and RTS pins high, which provided power to the mouse (serial ports had no dedicated power pins).