Alan,

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:58:32 -0000, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> >Sell many A-A ones?  Why?
> 
> Often it is the only way to get a connector to a position where one can 
> easily plug in a memory stick without clambering around the back or under 
> the desk to get at the back of a PC.
> 
> Another reason is many memory sticks are of such a bulbous shape that one 
> cannot plug that and another USB plug into adjacent ports without stressing 
> the connectors on the PC, so the memory stick needs to be extended using a 
> cable with a plug that meets the USB standard outline.

That would be an A-Male to A-Female "extension" cable, such as Wouter's: USB-EXT (which seems to have the wrong photo, by the way!) and they 
are very handy, but A-Male to A-Male cables are out there too, see Wouter's: CABLE-USB-1-5-A-A  

I think the latter's  the subject of the "Why?"  :-)

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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