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I found it at the dollar store.

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Not one that short but I do have A to A cord like that in use. In my case it's with a KVM that I lost and AC adapter for but found that if I plugged in to one of the rear console connections it could get it to power on from the USB device. Cable it to a USB charging port on the front of one of the UPS and away it goes.

[–] deagle2008@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Causing fires

[–] RHOPKINS13@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually have a APC UPS at work that uses a USB-A to USB-A cable. You can look up the cable online, it's part number 940-0504. I was surprised APC used such a cable. I think if you tried to do something dumb like connect two PCs together with it, one of the USB ports would fry.

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[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I would definitely find a couple use cases for these

Angering the USB-IF

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Finally! USB Direct Connect!

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

So your pets can't chew the hard-disk cables.

Unless you have a pet rabbit.

[–] yoo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The way these are called male and female has always been so wild

[–] klingelstreich@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

Itβ€˜s a pretty good metaphor Iβ€˜d say and less bland than calling them plug and socket.

[–] Frigid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Don't know what to tell you, people just kinda tend to be horny.

[–] brunofin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have a cheap HDMI capture device that takes in video input, exposes it to the computer as a regular webcam, and then outputs it back to HDMI. It gets the job done.

It uses an USB male to male for power, and a regular one for data.

That said, not sure how a short one like that would help.

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I had an old Medion digital camera that used USB-A - USB-A cable for synching with PC.

This could be a shorter version of it, tho idk why would anyone use this for thus purpose, would be awkward

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