Matthew: The cable that comes with Book Port is a standard cable. Below, you will find the specs from the User's Manual. Perhaps your dad could use those when he gets the cable from Radioshack. 4 ' USB A Plug to 5-Pin Mini-B cable We had one instance where the person thought they got the wrong cable, but there was a piece from the computer that had broken off into the cable. Once it was removed, the cable looked just like any other. Could this be the case, since it worked on the laptop earlier in the week? Food for thought. Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT American Printing House For The Blind 1839 Frankfort Ave. Louisville, KY 40206 PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307 >>> mdyer1@xxxxxxxxxx 06/15/06 04:51PM >>> Hello. I have another question. I said earlyer that the cable for my bookport would not not fit in any of my pcs. Is it possible to just go to radioshack and by a usb cable that will work in the bookport? My dad does not seem to think it is possible. if someone could straton me out on this it would help. I should also point out that for pamila. The cable does not fit in either oof my computers. I tried to contact aph about having the cable replaysed with a standered cable. see my message above for the detals. Matthew "You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall." George strate MSN/windows messenger: matthewdyer483@xxxxxxx To join my web brail list send a blank message to web-braille-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subscriibe in the subject line Visit my live journal at http://www.livejournal.com/users/mdyer1983