# USB

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb/48919>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 8, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb/48919 "2001-01-08T00:18:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb/48919/1 "2001-01-08T00:18:47Z")

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I believe that whoever invented the USB port should be praised as a god. I have a laptop, and have limited ports. I have a USB hub, with a mouse, printer, and CD-R drive attached. I only have onr port left on the hub (the laptop only has one, so I NEEDED the hub.)  
What I really need to get is one of the USB docking stations that has a serial, game, printer, PS/2, mouse, etc… ports. Then I’ll be set for life.

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**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb/48919/2 "2001-01-08T00:56:13Z")

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USB is a wonderful advancement in computer tech. I have a pair of USB speakers that produce sound w/o a sound card in the system. How nice…