From: TP Diffenbach <rockbox_at_diffenbach.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:24:08 -0400

Quoting BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>:

> At 03:26 01/07/03 -0700, you wrote:
> >The usb cable that comes from Archos is a normal one
> >with both ends the same.

> Yes, they exist, but the only outlet I know of is on a local industrial
> estate ...but they have to be getting them from SOMEWHERE!!
>
> It is a "USB Type-A/Male to Type-B/Female converter"
> ...A is the flat one, B is the square one
> ...If you have not come across "male/female" before (in terms of plugs and
> sockets) just think about what goes into what ;)
>


And the Archos FM uses an A to mini-A.

All of these types of cable (A-A, A-B, A-mini-A) can be purchased at RadioShack in the US. I just bought a six foot (~2 meters) A to mini-A from RadioShack for US $14.99

Cables can also be ordered online.

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Archos FM has a Rockbox!

Received on 2003-07-01