hi don and all. on one question i was dead wrong.
sometimes it pays to just try it.
i have always thought (because of misinformation) that the kindle fire
could not access anything with the micro port.
boy, was i dead wrong.
today i hooked my kindle fire micro-port to my full-size keyboard via
a micro-full size usb dongle.
it worked. like a charm.
amazing. learn something new every day.
stay well ... william