What is function of USB cable that came with 15" PowerBook G4 Combo?
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Among the cables that shipped with my 15" PowerBook G4 Combo and the accompanying 20" Cinema Display two years ago is a USB cable with a silver cord. At the other end from the USB plug is a black triangular plug with a square metal end encased in plastic. (I can't get the plastic off, so I assume it's part of the plug and not protective casing for shipping.)
Can somebody please tell me what this cable is for? I never found anything in the documentation that explained what it was, and since I've apparently never needed it, I don't know. I looked at the Forums for the 15" G4 but didn't know what search terms to use, and a Google Image search didn't turn up anything I recognized.
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 15"
Oh, jeez. And I thought this would be simple.
Alas, I can't remember whether it came with the PB or the display, but I think Michael might be right (more pyramidal than triangular). Head-on: mouth is the right shape, doesn't have what looks like a notch in his drawing.
The tech at AppleCare also thought it sounded like a printer/scanner USB cable. It's definitely not one of the short connector critters in the article a brody refers to (but it was fun looking at the pictures).
I did a scan and have a clear picture of the plug, but no website to put it on; I'm also not sure what a brody's instructions refer to. (Look at it this way, if I knew stuff like that I probably wouldn't be posting a topic like this.)
So I have another idea: I live near an Apple store, and I'll go there soon, and if someone there can identify it (based on past experience, I'm not so sure), I'll come back here and then we'll know.
Thanks to all. Anon.
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