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I'm terrified of not being able to find old USB cables. My D2A converter I use to route TV audio to a small amplifier died. It was cheap, but decent. I wanted

by BeetleB 28d ago

I'm terrified of not being able to find old USB cables. My D2A converter I use to route TV audio to a small amplifier died. It was cheap, but decent. I wanted another cheap one. I had trouble finding any. Finally, I snagged a pair on Amazon/eBay, but it used ancient USB connections. Luckily, I had old USB cables, so I'm good. But what will I do if the USB cable stops working?

smw 28d ago
What are ancient usb connections? Type A? B?
- pdpi 28d ago
  Mini-B cables can be somewhat hard to find.
  - sokoloff 28d ago
    Since school started this year, I bought both my kids TI-84 plus CE calculators. Both were being sold cheap because “no charging cable” (uses a mini-B) while I had a dozen in a box. I wish that happened a lot less as I have entirely too many old cables.
  - MisterTea 28d ago
    There was also the Micro-A which I found on some dev boards. I think the Arduino Due (Arm Cortex M3 chip) used one for the USB host port as well as an Atmel Arm uc board. Also that weird, really small USB connector that was found on some early digital cameras. I think Kodak was a big user of it. Sorta looked like a narrower and taller version of the Mini-B. Maybe the Mini-AB but that doesn't look like it. I have one in my box at home.
    - Gigachad 28d ago
      Old digital cameras just used non standard usb shapes so they are almost impossible to find now.
      - MisterTea 28d ago
        Ah, they were proprietary then. I thought they were an early standard that lacked a 5th pin.
  - avhception 28d ago
    I hold on to my precious few mini-Bs. They also seem to have a tendency to break.
- michaelt 28d ago
  How are you going to download photos from your USB Nikon camera to your USB iPod Photo if you don't even have a UC-E6 to 30-pin dock connector cable?