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kahlid74:
I too had a throng of cables and then I decided no more shenanigans. I organized and classified them all and now my policy is I never go above 4. So if I have more than 4 I either try to sell them, salvage them into something else or just throw them away. It's given me back a piece of my mind and now I can find cords so easily, with them being in open containers sitting on my shelf.

Drnick:
Keep all the cables and have cables everywhere, that's my motto :) Only because one xmas I needed a floppy cable and ended up spending about £10 on one :angry:

At least when I did my last clear out I did clear a bunch of stuff, I would definitely agree with keeping no more then 3 or 4 of any one kind of cable. Now I have cables for pretty much everything I could possibly want.

I keep trying to tell them at work not to throw away cables or power adaptors as we never know when one will be needed. Undoubtedly though they will eventually get thrown away only to be needed about 1 week later.

Howard_Casto:
I use old cables for wire. I haven't bought wire for my electronics projects in ages with the exception of some good wire for my arcade panels.

Gray_Area:
Power, VGA, audio (single/split/stereo Y), and PATA. Anything else, nope.

Dervacumen:
Three months ago I took drastic measures to reduce clutter. First I got rid of all my dedicated machines. Then I tossed what I could find of my old fans, and arcade machine parts. Then my burner. Then I tossed a chunk of switches, old boards. I figure in about two months I'll have nothing retro-arcade related except the rigs I've built. Anyone looking for a random piece of whatever let me know. I might have one for ya.
I'll probably get rid of the components, too. And a couple of oscilloscopes. Feels good.

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