Originally Posted by
cblaisd
The other odd thing about the item is the cabling: it comes with two USB cables to attach the splitter to the PCs, but one end is USB (for the computers) and the other end has a male printer cable plug (I would have expected USB to USB).
What you are describing is a standard USB A/B cable. A cable with USB A on both ends is fairly uncommon. I think I have only seen it used with external hard drives.