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Not quite a cable, but my dad threw away like five PRISTINE IBM Model M keyboards when my grandpa died. My dad worked in tech but didn’t know about mech keyboards. He just tossed them because they were old.
As a classic example, I needed a power cable just a month after I threw them all out, because “everything comes with it anyway!”
Just wait until the next great depression hits and no one can buy anything then we’ll see who’s laughing. Not all hoarding is bad, just be smart about it.
Power cables are probably still useful. At least here in Western Europe the power cables I used in the 80s are still perfectly fine today. Better even, since copper was cheaper they often have more than modern cables (which shouldn’t matter if they are within spec, but still).
Those old centronics cables on the other hand, maybe it’s time for them to go.
Better even, since copper was cheaper they often have more than modern cables (which shouldn’t matter if they are within spec, but still).
It matters to tweakers!
It depends. I remember (late 90s story). The company I was working with had just moved and we were short on power cables (they were probably still in a box somewhere). So I went out to grab a couple.
Luckily, at the time there were still hardware stores to be found. So I were in the first one:
“Hello, I need two power cables.”
“Sure, what models are they for?”
“Sorry? Just power cables, grounded power cables, like those (points helpfully at generic 1.5m cables just hanging there).”
“But what model?”
“No model, just regular PC workstations.”
“Oooh, but those are Mac cables!”
“… Ah, never mind, I’ll risk it, just give me two.”
Sometimes you think they’re just cables, but they’re actually Mac cables. And then who knows what can happen?
Just hit em with the old “CEE 7/7 on one end and
C14C13 on the other end please”. If their eyes glaze over, do the Ron Swanson and get the right one yourself.CEE 7/7 to C13
C13 is the plug/connector. C14 is the receptacle/appliance inlet.
I recently moved and I threw away/e-cycled so. much. extra. PC shit. I probably still have enough spare parts to build 4 or 5 PCs though. Sigh.
edit: Pic. I don’t have a problem. This is less than half what I used to keep! And I might need some of this stuff to repair 386’s after the apocalypse.
You were going to build those PCs out of some cables and old controllers?
That is but one part of my hoard. I have boxes of old video cards, hard drives, motherboards, etc. I don’t just throw those in a bin though. :)
Dad always knows
