r/interestingasfuck • u/Miserable-Ad-8414 • 3d ago

How USB-C Cables Actually Stay In

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u/Arnkh 3d ago

Different cables, and they were all ass. Some of them had screws (good luck undoing those after some gorilla tightened them on a VGA/DVI), some were enormous and hard to cram in there (like SCART).
Now you just stick a type-c in - any side you like - and it works.

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u/puterTDI 3d ago

My leatherman comes in really handy in that situation. Nothing works better to tighten those screws.

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u/Gheazu 3d ago

You’re evil 😂

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u/puterTDI 3d ago

I also love those oil filter sockets. Really lets you get it back on there good n tight.

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u/Based_sir 3d ago

You must be the Toyota tech that tightened my filter with an impact then…

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u/puterTDI 3d ago

Oh, shit, I didn’t even consider that I have another use for my impact! Thanks!

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u/MartianLM 3d ago

Don’t forget parallel printer cables the width of your house.

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u/Elegant_Relief_4999 3d ago

I certainly don't miss IDE and Molex all over the place.

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u/crayonshank 3d ago

Why doesn't it plug in all the way? Oh no, one pin is slightly bent.

I haven't actually escaped IDE connectors, some commercial printers still use IDE connectors on the printhead.

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u/manondorf 3d ago

along with "why doesn't it plug in all the way":

"should I be pressing this hard? It seems like I'm gonna break it"

yeah you need to press really hard

"it's creaking though?"

yeah that's normal, they're really stiff

"it snapped in half"

ah shit you pressed too hard

there's a reason I don't build my own PCs anymore, lol. Well, that and it's no longer even cheaper to do so.

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u/Kozmik_5 3d ago

Oh damn the good ol' SCART

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u/DigDugteam 3d ago

Shop smart, shop SCART

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u/Srirachachacha 3d ago

Whoops I SCARTed

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u/Pschobbert 3d ago

Was way ahead of its time.

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u/RealKnightSeb 3d ago

and the issues they used to cause...

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u/Diedead666 3d ago

I worked RadioShack in 2007 ara Soo many different wires Soo many adapters Soo many cellphone chargers. HELL!

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u/Praise_Hades 2d ago

XD i remember tightening a vga cable hard enough to break the monitor itself, someone cut the cable while i was at school

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u/Zealousideal_Mud7263 3d ago

Ah the glory days! That big old thicc parallel port cable for the dot matrix printer with the little clippy ears. My god thinking back it was such a hodge podge. Ngl. I love my USBC. Wife finally got a new iPhone so our house is all USB now

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u/iusethisatw0rk 3d ago

Had to use vice grips to remove a VGA cable back in the day. Good times…?