USB Need

[Stephen Conrad]

I have a camera that takes a USB connector to connect it to my Mac.
The problem is I need a Male to Male connector.
Rat Shack (Radio Shack) wants $40 for one with software (and if it
does not work you CANNOT return it at all since it comes with
Software).
Where might I cheaply find such a beast?

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Steve Conrad
Henrietta, MO 64036

"The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind;
to go forth and claim our place in outer space."
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Re: USB Need

[Dark_Mac]

On Jun 17, 2009, at 9:20 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:

>
> I have a camera that takes a USB connector to connect it to my Mac.
> The problem is I need a Male to Male connector.
> Rat Shack (Radio Shack) wants $40 for one with software (and if it
> does not work you CANNOT return it at all since it comes with
> Software).
> Where might I cheaply find such a beast?
>
>

Dare I suggest looking on eBay?  I found what I was looking for there  
and the price was under $10.00 shipped for two of them.  If I  
remember correctly.  It has been a while now.

Regards,
Mike

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Re: USB Need

[Isaac Smith]

> I have a camera that takes a USB connector to connect it to my Mac.
> The problem is I need a Male to Male connector.
> Rat Shack (Radio Shack) wants $40 for one with software (and if it
> does not work you CANNOT return it at all since it comes with
> Software).
> Where might I cheaply find such a beast?

This is a Type A to Type A Male-to-Male connector, am I correct?

If that's what you're looking for, Amazon seems to have one for $2: 
http://www.amazon.com/Ziotek-USB-Cable-Male-Beige/dp/B000BSJFFC

And yes. RadioShack is overpriced.

Hope that helps,

Isaac

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Re: USB Need

[iJohn]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Isaac Smith wrote:
>> I have a camera that takes a USB connector to connect it to my Mac.
>> The problem is I need a Male to Male connector.

One of the reasons I have always disliked the USB protocol is that the
designers seemed to have a connector fetish. Why else would they have
included so many different types of connectors.

Anyway, at times like this I don't really know how else to figure out
what the other person thinks they need than to reference some sort of
USB connector chart. For convenience I just went to the dreaded
wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Types_of_USB_connector

Do any of those connector types look familar?

Could you say which of them your camera need to connect to a PC?
Type-A or Type B or the mini or micro flavors? And are you sure both
ends need to be the same type of connector? (That's less common in my
experience with USB ... but maybe I'm just showing my lack of
experience?)

-irrational john

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Re: USB Need

[Paul Kemner]

If you have Big Lots stores in your area, they usually have various usb
items cheap. I remember seeing one that included a pile of different
adapters, and it didn't come with software.

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Re: USB Need

[Stephen Conrad]

On 6/17/09, iJohn  wrote:

>
> Could you say which of them your camera need to connect to a PC?
> Type-A or Type B or the mini or micro flavors? And are you sure both
> ends need to be the same type of connector? (That's less common in my
> experience with USB ... but maybe I'm just showing my lack of
> experience?)
>
> -irrational john

Type-A
The same one you see on USB Flash Drives

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Re: USB Need

[Kris Tilford]

On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:19 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:

> Type-A
> The same one you see on USB Flash Drives

OK.

Buy the $2 cable from Amazon that was previously posted:
http://www.amazon.com/Ziotek-USB-Cable-Male-Beige/dp/B000BSJFFC




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Re: USB Need

[Kyle Hansen]

On 6/17/09 7:51 PM, "iJohn"  Broadcast into
the ether:

> One of the reasons I have always disliked the USB protocol is that the
> designers seemed to have a connector fetish. Why else would they have
> included so many different types of connectors.

Yeah.  Me too.  Universal Serial Bus...Universal my *ss.  There are so many
connection types it is stupid.  There is nothing
Universal" about it.

Having worked at the Apple Genius bar I know the actual prices of in store
apple products and their markups.  A cable that costs $30 has an original
cost of about $4-5.  Their markup is UNBELIEVABLE.  Now that I am an
independent contractor I get my stuff off of eBay, Amazon, or order from
Japan/overseas directly.  You would be surprised how cheap cables are over
there and how fast they get here.
-- 
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Re: USB Need

[Lawrence David Eden]

>On Jun 17, 2009, at 9:20 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>
>>
>>  I have a camera that takes a USB connector to connect it to my Mac.
>>  The problem is I need a Male to Male connector.
>>  Rat Shack (Radio Shack) wants $40 for one with software (and if it
>>  does not work you CANNOT return it at all since it comes with
>>  Software).
>>  Where might I cheaply find such a beast?
>



Try these guys:   www.BREGTech.com

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Re: USB Need

[Bruce Johnson]

On Jun 17, 2009, at 7:20 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:

>
> I have a camera that takes a USB connector to connect it to my Mac.
> The problem is I need a Male to Male connector.

>
> Where might I cheaply find such a beast?


When I need cables I check Monoprice 

Prices so low you'd think they were fencing them. :-)

We buy all our cables for work there too.

-- 
Bruce Johnson

"Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai,  PhD


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Re: [G3-5]USB Need

[MaGioZal]

On 6/17/09 11:20 PM, Stephen Conrad at  wrote:

> Where might I cheaply find such a beast?


Wow... Pretty expensive!

But it depends on the kind of male conector is needed for your camera. But
even considering this I cannot conceive anything beyond a 10-dollar price
tag, sincerely.
 




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