>> any more ideas on making usb modules that hang out the
>>  back (or front) of the computer?

Are such modules technically "legal" according to the USB spec?
Perhaps that's why it's difficult to find a Male A PCB Mount
connector: any reputable manufacturer making one might find itself
on the USB committee's sh*t-list...  (not that there is any shortage
of flash, bluetooth, WLAN, and security dongles of this sort; there's
also no shortage of cables I'm quite sure aren't legal.)

Some of the flash drives seem to get by with little more than a
carefully shaped PCB either fabricated or shimmed to just the right
thickness...

BillW
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