What do you do with these things...

One other thing if I may? SOME of the ribbons copper thin ribbons I have encountered ARE gold plated on the end where they connect to the drive. I will take a photo tonight after I get home. SCSI drives often have a connection to one end of the drive that has a significant area that's gold. That makes me wonder if MORE of the cables I ASSUME are copper might be gold plated?$?$?$

here is one example, you should recognize them.





and another;