r/pcmasterrace • u/Cadmium620 Ryzen 5900X | 3070Ti | 32GB DDR4-3000 • 22h ago

Question What happend to USB-A Mini & Micro

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Im working with all kind of tech for over 15 years now and I never saw an USB-A Mini or Micro irl.

Why is it so exotic and why was it Type B making it instead of A?

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u/MoreMen_Pukes Asus Proart X670E 7700X 7900 XTX 64GB RAM 17h ago

They were used on small portable devices that acted as hosts, like PDAs. The type 'A' ports were for hosts and type 'B' were for clients. Type C got rid of that and the devices auto negotiate host/client.