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Compatibility of new HP PRIME Cable Message #1 Posted by Harold A Climer on 12 Oct 2013, 5:14 p.m. Is the new cable for the PRIME compatible with the HP50G? I left my cables for all of my other HP calculators at work and only brought my PRIME and stuff home this weekend.

Re: Compatibility of new HP PRIME Cable Message #2 Posted by Mike Powell on 12 Oct 2013, 5:30 p.m., in response to message #1 by Harold A Climer I think you'll find the 50G uses a mini-B usb and the prime uses a micro-B usb, so no Found via google image http://commerce.hpcalc.org/images/50g-top-medium.jpg and http://tiplanet.org/forum/gallery/image.php?mode=medium&album_id=194&image_id=2801 Edited: 12 Oct 2013, 5:38 p.m.

Re: Compatibility of new HP PRIME Cable Message #3 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 12 Oct 2013, 5:41 p.m., in response to message #2 by Mike Powell Confirmed. The two connectors are totally different and incompatible.

Re: Compatibility of new HP PRIME Cable Message #4 Posted by Mike Powell on 13 Oct 2013, 5:13 a.m., in response to message #2 by Mike Powell Quote: I think you'll find the 50G uses a mini-B usb and the prime uses a micro-B usb, so no Slight Correction to myself - having looked at it again, the prime socket is actually a micro-AB type. So the Prime must be Usb on-the-go compatible - i.e. capable of being a host or peripheral depending on what it's doing/connected to

Re: Compatibility of new HP PRIME Cable Message #5 Posted by Tim Wessman on 13 Oct 2013, 10:15 a.m., in response to message #4 by Mike Powell It is actually not OTG, but rather a full USB host. In practice however, it behaves similarly to OTG since it acts as device or host over the same port. TW

Re: Compatibility of new HP PRIME Cable Message #6 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 12 Oct 2013, 5:51 p.m., in response to message #1 by Harold A Climer The cables can easily be found in any phone shop. Just ask for mini or micro USB cables.

Re: Compatibility of new HP PRIME Cable Message #7 Posted by Dave Shaffer (Arizona) on 12 Oct 2013, 11:12 p.m., in response to message #6 by Marcus von Cube, Germany You may have one of these courtesy of your digital camera - many of them come with such a cable for downloading images (at least the DSLRs do - the under-$100 point-and-shoots may not: there goes the profit!). I have both mini- and micro- via my Pentax and Canon cameras. Portable USB-powered external drives also use these cables.

Re: Compatibility of new HP PRIME Cable Message #8 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 13 Oct 2013, 12:31 a.m., in response to message #7 by Dave Shaffer (Arizona) I don't think a camera micro cable will work, since the plug and socket design is different. I have two of those camera USB micro cables and they don't fit the socket in my HP Prime.

Re: Compatibility of new HP PRIME Cable Message #9 Posted by Eric Smith on 13 Oct 2013, 1:14 p.m., in response to message #8 by Michael de Estrada The camera cables you're referring to are not Micro USB cables. For a while some cameras used non-standard connectors, which technically weren't USB connectors at all, even though they used them for USB signals. Such cables should not display a USB logo. Any Micro USB cable that has the actual USB logo on it should work. If a cable has the USB logo but doesn't have standard USB connectors (full size, mini, or micro), the manufacturer is violating the trademark rights.

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