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    From Joy Beeson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 13 23:24:09 2025
    I just noticed that there are two USB ports on top of my vertical
    monitor -- what would be the left side if I were running it
    horizontal.

    The resident engineer speculated wildly that they might be for
    charging one's phone. Do any of you know of a use for a USB port on a
    monitor?

    --
    Joy Beeson
    joy beeson at centurylink dot net
    http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

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  • From Steve Coltrin@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Tue Jan 14 08:35:06 2025
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    Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> writes:

    Do any of you know of a use for a USB port on a monitor?

    General utility. Computers these days may not have enough USB ports and
    they may be in inconvenient places.

    --
    Steve Coltrin spcoltri@omcl.org
    "A group known as the League of Human Dignity helped arrange for Deuel
    to be driven to a local livestock scale, where he could be weighed."
    - Associated Press

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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid on Tue Jan 14 15:37:45 2025
    In article <alpboj95dvilo7ggs9ntj9ee7actgobqb7@4ax.com>,
    Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

    I just noticed that there are two USB ports on top of my vertical
    monitor -- what would be the left side if I were running it
    horizontal.

    The resident engineer speculated wildly that they might be for
    charging one's phone. Do any of you know of a use for a USB port on a >monitor?

    [Hal Heydt]
    The monitor will act as a USB hub. You could--for instance--connect
    your keyboard and mouse to those ports.

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  • From Michael Benveniste@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Tue Jan 14 11:50:01 2025
    On 1/13/2025 11:24 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:

    The resident engineer speculated wildly that they might be for
    charging one's phone. Do any of you know of a use for a USB port on a monitor?

    My phone is hooked up to a monitor port as I type this. Not only does
    it charge my phone, but I can transfer photos and music between my
    phone and my computer, backup the phone, etc.


    --
    Mike Benveniste -- mhb@murkyether.com (Clarification Required)
    Such commentary has become ubiquitous on the Internet and is widely
    perceived to carry no indicium of reliability and little weight.
    (Digital Media News v. Escape Media Group, May 2014).

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  • From Jay Morris@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Tue Jan 14 16:17:38 2025
    On 1/13/2025 10:24 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:

    I just noticed that there are two USB ports on top of my vertical
    monitor -- what would be the left side if I were running it
    horizontal.

    The resident engineer speculated wildly that they might be for
    charging one's phone. Do any of you know of a use for a USB port on a monitor?


    As said, just a hub. I have two external backup hard drives on mine.

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