I just threw out my mum’s CRT TV last week (unfortunately was beyond repair, RIP). I decided to keep the SCART cable just in case I might need it some day…
2002? Pfft, amateur (and I moved mine across an ocean!)
Laugh all you want, but the week after I recycled the mini USB cable I had never used we were gifted a baby monitor that, of fucking course, needed a mini USB.
My wife jokes about this a lot but there’s been at least 5 times over the past few years where I just happened to have the exact cable required in the box.
I do go through it every so often. I’m not hoarding VGA and DVI cables
Just keeping the one VGA cable which does get some use!
Yeah I keep a few gens back. But sensible. It fits one drawer :p
Just like the box of screws my great grand father passed down to my grand father, then to my father and finally to me. This multigenerational collection of screws from goodness knows where will keep growing until I bestow it on the heir to my estate.
At this point you cannot even get rid of it because it’s an heirloom
If I did, I guarantee every item in my life held together with screws will work its way loose out of spite, and that’s not a risk I’m willing to take
That reminds me. I’ve had a box of cables since '22 and every time I go through it I think, “damn, I really need to organize this and get rid of some shit”. And then I shove it into my closet out of sight and out of mind until the next time I need something from within it.
Just use toilet paper rolls to keep them neat and seperated. You could even label each roll if you wanted to go all out.
It’s nothing huge, but it’s gonna make finding them so much easier.
I feel seen.
Hey he’s me! Ten of the same power bricks. A bundle of Ethernet cable that I keep for just in case. 5 power cables. Six hdmi cables. A box of computer case fans even though I’ll never need them. Like 50 micro usb cables.
You need two micro usbs
Only cables?
Don’t you have Sound Blaster for ISA bus in that box, for when… you know… just in case?
Or a Pioneer U03-S SCSI DVD-ROM drive for when you need something that plays all region codes?
Or a Pentium 60 for when you want to see that bug again?
Some things are just gone when they’re gone. And no, the PS/2-USB adapter isn’t up for grabs!Sound Blaster for ISA bus in that box, for when… you know… just in case
I felt that right in the cabinet in my office closet. And like 5 NICs and nv 7xx GPUs.
7xx GPUs? 3dfx Voodoo 1 has entered the game :) Let me just activate IPX so we can have a network game.
Yes, yes. Make the jokes… Forget all those times the box of cables saved the day.
If eBay didn’t suck so bad, I’d say just use that as your “box”
Heck, maybe what we really need is an online exchange. Mail in a cable, get a cable of your choice in return. So when you need some rare cable you’ve got it on demand… Just 5 days and $6 in shipping. Aww fuck it.
When I buy anything electrical in the UK, they often give you a UK plug, a European Plug and an American plug. Over time, or if you use a lot of electric things at work, you can end up with a huge pile of plugs that don’t work in your own country.
If they do similar elsewhere, we could definitely swap.
What if I need my firewire cable this year?!
I still use firewire. When I eventually can afford to upgrade from my ff800 to a better rme, I will not be getting rid of any of it.
400 or 800? I still use a FireWire 800 drive with an old Mac of mine.
Rookie. My box has been growing since the '90s
Never know when you’re going to need an RJ11 POTS connector!
looks at token ring hardware
You never know.
I think I actually finally threw out the token ring hub.
But I kept all the BNC cables and terminators.
I just picked up someone else’s box from the roadside trash to add to my collection.
Well I start and stop hobbies on a whim, needing a random cable from my (super well organized) cable box does come in handy.
Just wish I could finish a project now and then :D
I’m in this post and I don’t like it.
