Lament for Old v.35 Cables (and other comm equipment)

I am sad to announce that as of this weekend we will be removing most
of our 'traditional' communications links-- we will be opening the
floor and removing all but 8 of our v.35 communication links.  The
cables being removed have been replaced by 'pure' TCP/IP links and
are no longer needed.

I am sad, and frustrated, because the plan as of right now is to
amputate the connector from one end of the cable, and haul the now
unencumbered cable out from under the layers of stuff (-I- don't
think there are -that- many layers...) that have been added on top of
them.  And you oughta -see- the nasty looking pruning shears he has
ready for the job.

I realize that v.35 cables are dinosaur-like, and don't have a lot of
demand in this Ethernet age, but it bothers me that a perfectly good
cable is going to be destroyed and thrown out just because -we- don't
need it anymore.

*sigh*

It's my parents' fault-- we never threw out things that 'had utility'
while we were growing up-- they grew up through the Great Depression,
and learned early to "Use it up--  wear it out--  make it do-- or do
without."  And that attitude has rubbed off on me.

Does anyone have use for 40 or more v.35 cables?  Speak quickly; come
Saturday night they're history.  I don't know if I can convince my
boss to unravel the spaghetti bowl, but I'll try.  They're in the
Greater Cincinnati area.  You'd have to come get 'em or pay shipping.
I don't know if my boss will give them away, or figure that unless we
get some money for them, it's the pruning shears.

We also have a bank of A/B switches, originally intended to switch
all communications between two AS/400s-- many v.35, RS232, and UTP
('phone jack').    I just found some more of these switches in the
back room today---  "New In Box!"  These are black box gang switch
units, hardly used.

My boss is going to -weigh- the stuff we haul out to impress people
with how much junk we don't need any more.  I just see perfectly good
(but probably unwanted) equipment being trashed.

Anyone else feel frustrated that old equipment that still works can't
find a home?

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.nospam.com