Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️this stupid USB drive doesn't work if you jam it into the ethernet port on accident
yet. note to self: make a flash drive that you plug into the ethernet port.
I've already got some of the parts I'd need to make this, thanks to my ongoing "ethernet keyboard" project
that one is currently on hold thanks to my roommate's new terminal having a broken "M" key
(I loaned her the last PS/2 keyboard I have on hand)
how do you think things are going in the alternate universe where instead of USB, we standardized on ethernet?
external peripherals plug in over ethernet, and just communicate over tcp/ip. usb hubs? you just use ethernet hubs. you recharge your phone and laptop and ebook over PoE.
There's PoE powerbanks and many people keep them in their purse/bag
Ignas Kiela@foone ethernet is, uhh, comparatively expensive for small stuff
though I could see it happening now with 10mbps single pair short range ethernet (it's simple enough that you could bit-bang it on a micro assuming you have GPIO fitting the requirements (1.2V, proper differential input/output), and if the GPIO isn't up to it, seems like there's gonna be simple 'transciever' chips that turn simple signals into what the physical layer expects)
though I could see it happening now with 10mbps single pair short range ethernet (it's simple enough that you could bit-bang it on a micro assuming you have GPIO fitting the requirements (1.2V, proper differential input/output), and if the GPIO isn't up to it, seems like there's gonna be simple 'transciever' chips that turn simple signals into what the physical layer expects)