Re: Perpendicular USB adapters?

"Ian McCall" <ian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:63cqu0F22tjefU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is there such a thing as a perpendicular USB adapter? By which I mean something that I can plug into the USB port but then have a port that's pointing lengthways up the laptop rather than sideways into the laptop?

Reason for asking is to reduce the width of the laptop with a USB stick plugged into it. On the train I've got depth but not so much width, would be handy if I could plug in a USB stick and have it point from front to back instead of outwards. I know this would block other ports, but for this particular usage I don't care.

How about just a right angle cable like this:

http://www.blackbox.co.uk/solutions/display.asp?cs=dvh&id=1&doc=usbr08-0004&tx=Cable%20Products&sx=USB%20and%20Firewire%20Cables

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Woody

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