Like a docking station or a video output dongle? That's probably an S-video port. It's meant for displaying analogue video out from your computer onto a television.

The cable, presuming it is a properly wired S-Video cable, will work as an ADB cable in a pinch, however proper ADB cables have better sheilding. (I've used one this way long-term before, proper ADB cables are way too short to reach from the top of a desk to a Quadra sitting on a floor.)

Even so, ADB can't be used to transfer data, only keyboard/mouse signals.

I'd rather not have this topic turn into debate hall on the ethics of computer recycling.

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Not to get all technical, but I seem to recall you starting it. I'm here to present facts.

As for the bank account situation, I'd like to play the blame game and point a finger at my current legal guardians.

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It's not my place to talk about how other people raise their children, but while you're legally under the care of other people, it's important to understand why they're doing what they're doing, and what the effects are on you. Generally, when I was but a wee young person, I didn't have a lot of money either. That's the natural state of being young and too far away from anything to get a job.