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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:42:41 -0400
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Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> writes:

> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:32:01AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote:
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Sure, the optical uses [I think] a USB connector. =A0Pr=
etty sure
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0that all these tiny "toys" are made at one factory! and=
 then
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0labeled by the vendor. =A0If all the opticals are essen=
tially
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0the same, then great.
>>=20
>> I think they all pretty much follow the same standard. I've even had
>> success using an IDE CD-ROM drive plugged into a USB-to-IDE adapter
>> cable, before.
>
>
> 	That kinda makes me laugh, because isn't the idea of USB to=20
> 	have *one* standard plug that fits into one jack?  --Seriously,=20
> 	my favorite "clicky" keyboard is a PS/2 and I have a USB adaptor=20
> 	that saved me.

The plug isn't the issue.  Drivers are.

> 	The thing about the memsticks is that on my tower cases, you
> 	have to get down and crawl around and find the jack...  Is there
> 	such a thing as a USB "extender" cable, say, a meter or two long?=20=20

Yes. Pretty much any place you can buy a USB drive will have them.
Even my local pharmacy carries them.