Hey that's so cool. Thanks a bunch. On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Chris <[email protected]<lookanerd%[email protected]> > wrote:
> You'll want the cable that has a Type A plug on one end and a Mini-B > plug on the other. The Type A end has 4 conductors (pins) and the Mini > B end has 5 conductors, one of which is unused. > > An example product is at the following link: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812270122 > But everyone pretty much sells them. If there's anymore confusion I'd > suggest just bringing the braillenote to the store and showing them > what it needs to plug into. > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Melissa Hadiyanto > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well a usb doesn't have pins. What I mean is that one end of a usb cable > has > > a usb port (which is the same shape as a regular usb memory drive) and > the > > other end is a whole completely different shape from the usb port. The > small > > end (that's not the shape of a usb port) is used for to connect mobile > > devices to the computer. The small end has pins and there are usb cables > > with a certain amount of pins. Kieran said that the mini B usb cable is > what > > I'm after. But my problem is that I don't know whether she is talking > about > > the 4 or 5 pined one. There are different usb cables. There is the > regular > > kind A/B, the mini kind A/mini B, and the micro kind A/micro B. > > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:54 AM, mike welty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> hold on, from what I know, USB doesn't have pins. are you sure you're > >> getting USB? > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" < > >> [email protected]> > >> To: "'Melissa Hadiyanto'" <[email protected]>; "'Kieran Little'" > < > >> [email protected]>; "'Braillenote'" < > >> [email protected]> > >> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 12:51 > >> Subject: RE: [Braillenote] usb cable > >> > >> > >> > >> Which is the main reason that I would just purchase it from hw. Does the > hw > >>> website give info about the cable? > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Melissa > >>> Hadiyanto > >>> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 9:44 AM > >>> To: Kieran Little; Braillenote > >>> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] usb cable > >>> > >>> Hello Kieran and list. > >>> I looked for a mini cable, but there are different mini cables with > >>> different numbered pins. Like there is a mini 4-pin B usb cable, a mini > >>> 5-pin B usb cable, and a mini 8-pin B usb cable. Or maybe it's just 4 > and > >>> 5 > >>> I forget. Usually letter A would be the usb plug and end B is the one > that > >>> you would plug into your braillenote. My problem is that I don't know > how > >>> many pins would work for the braillenote. If you know please tell me. > >>> > >>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Kieran Little < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> You should be fine with a miny USB cable, and it is true, all of it! > >>>> Witch OS are you using, as windows vista's way of doing it is not > >>>> accessible at all! > >>>> XP is really good with jaws or window-eyes. > >>>> > >>>> Kieran > >>>> --- > >>>> Email: [email protected] > >>>> Msn: [email protected] > >>>> Yahoo! messenger: [email protected] > >>>> Twitter: twitter.com/dj__k > >>>> clango: kieranlittle12 > >>>> skype: little_kieran46 > >>>> > >>>> -------------------------------------------------- > >>>> From: "Melissa Hadiyanto" <[email protected]> > >>>> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 4:57 AM > >>>> To: "Braillenote" <[email protected]> > >>>> Subject: [Braillenote] usb cable > >>>> > >>>> Hello list. > >>>> > >>>>> I was wondering what pin usb cable is supposed to go into the usb > >>>>> client port. I was thinking of getting one. It says in the users > >>>>> guide that you could view what was on your braillenote on the > >>>>> computer and that you could go on th internet on the braillenote. Is > >>>>> that true? If it is then I want to get one. So if someone knows how > >>>>> many pins are supposed to be on the smaller end, then that would be > >>>>> helpful for me to know. > >>>>> ___ > >>>>> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > >>>>> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the > >>>>> list as well. > >>>>> > >>>>> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >>>>> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ___ > >>> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > >>> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the > list > >>> as > >>> well. > >>> > >>> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >>> [email protected] > >>> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >>> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > >>> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > >>> copy to the list as well. > >>> > >>> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >>> [email protected] > >>> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >>> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >>> > >>> > >> > > ___ > > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > > copy to the list as well. > > > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > [email protected] > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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