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Yes, yes. Make the jokes... Forget all those times the box of cables saved the day.
People like to make fun of the ones with cable boxes, but they always come to them in times of need
Amateur, lol, that box will be lost in MY box of cables dating back to Y2K.
Quick note, the one time I did clean out my box after not touching it for years I needed to go buy a special cable that I had just disposed of.
BTW: anyone need a 486 laptop running win2k, little quirk, the screen won't stand up on its own anymore
I constantly use cables from my box of cables. But, not all of them. The trick is knowing which cables are safe to throw away.
I thought I had a trick. I thought I was clever. I decided I'd only keep one of each. One DVI. One VGA. One USB type B mini. A bunch of USB Micro B because those are not quite obsolete yet. But then one time I needed a bunch of USB type B minis. I think it was bike lights. For some reason they all used that obsolete type B mini connectors. So, it was either go out and buy a new bike light or buy a new but obsolete cable. Ugh.