What is USB OTG and why does a simple person need it?

A friend of mine, when he wants to unobtrusively demand respect for his gray hairs, says to his son: “I am an old one, I have seen a steam locomotive.” And the younger generation trails off in surprise and respect

I am not younger, I also saw a steam locomotive. And not only seen. The steam engine was pulling a train in which I had the chance to go from the city of Ostashkov to the city of Torzhok. Oh, glorious years, oh the great mighty Soviet Union! The pride of Soviet electronics. Computer “Electronics-60M”

By the way, about the Soviet Union. The USSR Ministry of Electron Industry neatly copied Western equipment, and once under my command came the Electronics-60 computer, which was called PDP-11 in American girlhood. The computer was cool, and my colleagues envied me. I myself did not believe my happiness – such computing power fell upon me. And after I added another 16 megabytes to the available 16 megabytes of RAM (not gigabytes – feel the difference!), I realized that from now on I can do everything. Continue reading →