It appears as though Team Black Hat is no more.
After some digging, I came across references to the fabled "factory cable". I even found a few sites that describe how to make this cable. The basics are simply tie PIN 1 and PIN 4 on the micro end together. Easier said than done, but it is a start.
Here is the link to one site, but the images have been moved.
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Here is a 3' factory cable on Amazon ($10). I will probably go with this since buying a USB cable starts me at $10 plus trying to solder a super small wire to a super small pin isn't easily within my abilities. As of today, they are in stock.
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Thanks again for the help.
Chuck