They can be handy (particularly if they don't have keyed connectors with one pin hole filled in) as extenders for a Raspberry Pi header. How many do you have?
-- Russell Senior [email protected] On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 7:33 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > This afternoon I dug through my vast-heap-o-cables looking > for POE injectors, and realized that there were WAY TOO > MANY parallel IDE cables in that heap. None of my deployed > machines or drives are IDE/PATA. I have some archived PATA > drives, but I do not need more than one cable + spare and an > IDE to PCI card to access those drives ... someday, if ever. > > Anyway, those excess cables might be useful for your hobby > project that needs 40 slow interconnects; if so, they are > yours. Let me know soon. Otherwise, copper recycling. > > Friends don't let friends drive PATA. > > Keith L. > > P.S. After all my digging and cleanup, I learned that two > of my POE injectors are attached to a plywood board with > two ancient Linksys WRT54GS access points on it. That was > mounted in the attic of the house we moved from, 14 years > ago. Those access points are NOT "free to a GOOD home", > but I'll give them to you if I decide I DON'T like you. :-/ > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
