Re: usb Confusion
That sounds like a Micro usb port. If you have a connector like that
try inserting it very gently. If it doesn't go in easily, flip the
cable and try the other side.
On Tue, 11 Feb 2020, Martin McCormick wrote:
> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:31:37
> From: Martin McCormick <martin.m@suddenlink.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: usb Confusion
> Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:31:55 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> After recently ordering and receiving a new 1 TB external
> SSD drive, I realized I had no way to connect it. It has a small
> rectangular slot about 8 MM or a quarter of an inch long. A Mac
> lightning connector is almost exactly the same size but
> fortunately doesn't plug in but that's the size of whatever fits.
> Crucial says it is usb-A .
>
> What is the correct nomenclature for the most common usb
> connector that has been around for 25 or 30 years and fits the
> vast majority of devices using usb?
>
> I'll need a cable that fits the old standard usb port on
> one end and the disk drive on the other.
>
> There's an old saying: "Standards are great. Everybody
> should have one."
>
> Thanks.
>
> Martin McCormick
>
>
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