OT: but could be useful to other users also

[jd1008]

On 10/16/2015 09:53 PM, Tim wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 16 October 2015, jd1008 sent:
>> Have external usb 3.0 drive.
>> Laptop has usb 2.0 ports, and 1 eSata-II port.
>> In order for me to get decent I/O throughput
>> with this drive, I need a cable that has usb 3.0 Micro-B male
>> connector on one and and male eSata connector on the other.
>> I do not know if this will require a protocol converter or not.
> I would think you'd need an adaptor (something with circuitry inside
> it), to convert between the two very different types of interfaces.  It
> won't be merely a cable with different plugs at each end (well, you
> might find a cable which has embedded circuitry in a connector, but it's
> not *merely* a cable).
>
I understand, but I am puzzled why there are cables (as Ed showed)
that have USB A on one end and eSata on the other, without any
protocol converter in between.