Function and ¿Use, Disposal, Sell, or Keep?

[jamail77]

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Hello Escapists. I came across these wires in my Mom's house and have no idea what they are for other than a possible vague idea. I was hoping someone could identify them for me and give me advice on what I should do with them. Note that we do have some pretty old devices in our house that are still kicking(our newest desktop is still 5 years old and our newest video game console is 9).

 

[Frezzato]

Image on the left looks like parallel cables. Unless you have a super old printer, you won't need them.

For future notice, it's best to take a head-on image of the heads,

Spoiler: like this

Note how there are 25 holes/pins.
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The second one [i]might[/i] be VGA cables, which are pictured
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Note how there are 15 pins in the heads.
[img src=http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Vga-cable.jpg][/spoiler]

Regarding the second image, if there aren't three rows of 5 pins each, then it's likely a serial cable, which is pictured
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Note how there's only two rows, 9 pins total.
[img src=http://img.misco.eu/Resources/images/Modules/InformationBlocks/1210/SRH/SRH-2/202499-startech-1m-serial-cable-small.jpg][/spoiler]

I would keep the VGA, although you'll probably never need it again. When I throw something away, I usually need it the following day. Seriously. I once found a ridiculously long VGA extension cable, like 20 feet long, and was more than happy to add that to my laptop bag, which holds a collection of great goodies, like HDMI, VGA, DVI-D, analog cables--the works. I make space for it, forget about it, but have access to it when I need it, which I sometimes do!

 

[jamail77]

For future notice, it's best to take a head-on image of the heads

I didn't think of that. Will do it if I need help again. Thanks.

Spoiler: like this

Note how there are 25 holes/pins.
[/spoiler]

The second one [i]might[/i] be VGA cables, which are pictured
[spoiler=here]
Note how there are 15 pins in the heads.
[img src=http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Vga-cable.jpg][/spoiler][snip]
I would keep the VGA, although you'll probably never need it again. [/QUOTE] These speculations were both right. Knowing my Mom, she will want to keep the parallel cables because that's just the way she is.

The problem with the VGA is that one of the pins is missing on both ends. Will it still work properly?

 

[Frezzato]

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The problem with the VGA is that one of the pins is missing on both ends. Will it still work properly?

I believe that's an older standard [http://www.cablechick.com.au/blog/everything-there-is-to-know-about-vga/]. I don't think it'll be an issue.

 

[Albino Boo]

The first two are probably a serial printer leads.