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Don’t Let Anyone Take Away Your Big Box of Cables - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
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this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2026
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I can't tell you the next time I'll need a 50ft null modem cable...but I can tell you it'll be within a month of throwing mine out.
I finally got rid of my FireWire 800 and esata cables. Are you telling me that was a mistake?
No. My job means I dig through a box of cables pretty often. I've never once needed a firewire or esata cable.