Arern't USB A - A types used for "USB on the Go"?
RP

On 02/11/06, Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> 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.
>
> You are talking about A-male-A-female. I often use such cables. One time
> I was ready to give a class, but discoverd that I left my USB stick
> (with the PP presentation) at home. Never make the same mistake again,
> so I fastened my USB stick to my shoulder bag. A cable comes out of the
> bag and connects to the computer, the stick does not leave the bag.
>
> For those who think (maybe correctly) that such 'extension' cables
> violate USB rules: they also exist as 'active extension' cables, with a
> build-in one-socket hub.
>
> But I was talking about A-male-A-male cables. They do exist, and the
> price is (for me) almost the same as the strandard A-male-B-male. But I
> have not yet seen a B-male-B-male or A-female-A-female or any other of
> the more weird combinations. But Murphy dictates that they will exist
> and some people will actually use them.
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
>
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