If I've gone through all the trouble to make sure all my workstations have licensed versions of -say- AutoCad (5000$) and my competitor has simply cracked it then I want him stabbed in the ass. Its that easy. Some companies will do anything to take out a competitor and if they have cracked software might as well report them. Not going to do that with some jerk down the street downloading limp bizkut.
damn dude you must be old (because I am). I cant remember a midi cable that wasn't the DIN (round) type. But I do remember the external "ribbon cable" that I used to hook up 5.25" drives to my (my parents) apple IIe. I have no idea what those ports were - but they were ancient.
Probably even older ports- token ring network port (BNC if I remember)- totally sweet. Those seemed to have gone out of fashion.