When I was a kid my family owned a device whose sole purpose was to rewind vhs tapes.

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      If you have a Samsung PCB115UBE USB cable for an old SCH-A870 I will seriously give you money for it right now

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          I hope so, my only alternative to get my old data off this phone is desoldering the NAND chip lol

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              Proprietary Samshit BS, the charging wall wart appears to have a different pin out from the USB data transfer cable

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                Not sure why I’m being downvoted. If your only other option is desolder the NAND chips, you can build a cable for probably $10 in parts. Ask me how I know. That shit is easy. Get you a breakout board and find the connector or a close enough one that you can solder or crimp and get to it.

                Way easier and less work than messing with the board level components, FFS people.

                There are also people who will build you one as a service if it is beyond you.

                Downvotes for adding to the discussion giving a real alternative to a stated problem is asinine.

                Edit: also, if you’re willing to desolder the fucking NAND chips, just solder directly on the connector header on the PCB. Fucking duh!

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                  Dunno on the downvotes lol, but it’s something like a 24 pin connector that I have been able to dig up 0 documentation for. This would be a full blown RE’ing project, so desoldering the NAND would be easier than that because I already have a (one step above low end admittedly) hot air station and lots and lots of dead RAM sticks to remp up practice on

                  Desoldering is the hardest part, then I can just slap it into one of those NAND/BGA adapters and dump it, no REing required

                  But

                  There are also people who will build you one as a service

                  If that exists, could edge out my desoldering solution, do you have any recommendations of said people?

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      Me too! A whole milk crate full! Everyone thinks its a waste of space until I bust out the exact obscure/ancient cable they need.

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    I have an old 6 volt lantern that uses a battery that is 6 inches wide, 4 inches tall, and 3 inches deep.

    If I turn it on it gives you almost enough light to actually see where you are going and the battery lasts for about 2 hours.

    With two 18650s I could replace that battery for a package 2/3 the size of a pack of cigarettes and run that light for a day or so.

    If I replace the bulb in it with an LED equivalent I could probably stretch that out to nearly a week.

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      Ouch I remember thouse fat 4.5 volt battery who had like 2 long tongues, going into those old flashlights, glowing in the dark at best with a super small incandescent lamp.

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      Its important to consider amperage discharge too. Can the two 18660s put out the same current as the big rectangle one?

      Replacing the old halogen with led would be a big difference. Ot would need basically no amperage. At that point you can attach usb male to alligator clips, clip the ends of the lanterns battery pack connectors to supply 5v 2.4a of power directly with a power bank.

      I use a 5 volt led bulb that plugs into regular usba slot. It works with small power banks and ast forever on larger 20ah batteries.

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        High discharge 18650s can provide 20-30 amps, doubt the lamp needs that much current if it’s powered off older battery tech

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    Rewritable CDs? Technically I can still use them, but I don’t really expect to use them and I wonder if they are still worth keeping.

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    Sliding ruler for doing multiplications (1). Still have it for nostalgia or post-apocalyptic scenarios.

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    Not mine personally, but my town still has some hitching posts and mounting blocks

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      You will only take my Gravis Ultrasound Max from my stiff cold dead hands.

      Not before.

      I moved heaven and earth to find and buy one back in the day. We will never part ways. I don’t have had a system to put it in for the last 22 years. I dont care. It’s resting in its box untill… I dont know, the rapture or something. It’s mine.

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    Film canisters. People saved the plastic canisters photo film came in because they were so well made, waterproof, airtight, and ubiquitous. They were used in all kinds of DIY designs. I’ve heard some companies still make them, without the film, for people who need them for crafts. I still have some in the junk drawer.