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[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can see enough to tell it's an I (in), not an O (out) - plus the fact there's only room for one more letter behind the copper, as demonstrated by the hidden P in "TAPE" above. Having dealt with this sort of equipment enough in my life, those were really the only two possibilities.