Weekend Open Forum: What's the oldest gadget you still use regularly?

[hahahanoobs]

SONY DVD Player w/DIVX and 27" SONY Trinitron TV.

 

[bugejakurt]

Nothing... I don't like old gadgets

 

[Guest]

Yes, I still use an old commodore 64 and 128D.. although slightly modified to both have hard drives and ethernet connections, ram expansion and processor upgrades to give them a small speed boost.. addons from an old company called CMD..
just still love fiddling with these old machines to remind me how far we've evolved...

 

[veLa]

My Galaxy S4

 

[Pioy]

"ICan'tSayHowOld" Logitech gamepad and "MaybeEvenOlder" Kingston 2GB Pendrive, used in car audio USB slot.

 

[captaincranky]

SONY DVD Player w/DIVX and 27" SONY Trinitron TV.

Well, I have a Sony 50 CD carousel changer, (CDP-Cx55) and a GE CRT 26" TV both pushing 17 YO.

I also have a working Sony STR-V55 stereo receiver that's pushing 35. Don't know if that's working ATM. It did when I put it on a high shelf. I guess that doesn't count for the sake of this thread. These had a switching PSU and a crystal digital synthesizer tuner. (Very new tech at that time for consumer audio). As fate would have it, not really collectable in terms of dollar value.Ah, who cares, it looks great on the shelf next to 8mm & 16mm film projectors.

 

[Railman]

At the moment my oldest gadget still in regular use is a Philips DVD player. Not sure if it will be in use much longer as it has been playing up recently. Nearly forgot a battery FM radio which must be around 20 years old. That is used everyday.

 

[Railman]

I'll have to think a bit for my actual oldest gadget but since dbz mentioned PS/2 keyboards, I'm still using my first PS/2 keyboard to type this. It's a beige Dell Quietkey that came with my first PC, a Windows 98 machine.

I am still using an old IBM ps/2 keyboard. No idea how old as it was second hand when I got it.

 

[TitoBXNY]

My Logitech Z-5300's are still kicking after almost 10 years.

 

[von kain]

V.92 modem as fax machine

 

[gcarter]

Only x2 old bits of tech kit which are used on a daily basis in our house

XBOX1 (Modded to stream media and play emulated old skool games)

Original Microsoft MCE Remote (very rare and difficult to buy these any more)
We use this to control pc running xbmc

 

[hunterofshadows]

My Gnex

 

[Phillip Seni]

I'll have to think a bit for my actual oldest gadget but since dbz mentioned PS/2 keyboards, I'm still using my first PS/2 keyboard to type this. It's a beige Dell Quietkey that came with my first PC, a Windows 98 machine.

I am still using an old IBM ps/2 keyboard. No idea how old as it was second hand when I got it.

lol, I still have a 'working' keyboard with connector pre-dating ps/2 (looks like ps/2 but larger). working in the sense that it was once connected to a fully functional windows 98se computer working till last year. the computer was then disassembled and the 'spare parts' stored for future use.

spare parts = 2.1gb fujitsu hard disk drive, 2 x 16mb edo (?) ram, red fox motherboard

spare accessories = microphone (1998), speaker (1998), all working, but not in primary use for obvious reasons.

 

[TomSEA]

Nothing sexy - most of my stuff is pretty current. I'd have to say an old Panasonic portable boom box. Probably 15 years old.

 

[Acespaces]

My oldest gadget is a space heater. It's been doing me well, and hasn't burned the house down yet.

 

[dikbozo]

SONY DVD Player w/DIVX and 27" SONY Trinitron TV.

Well, I have a Sony 50 CD carousel changer, (CDP-Cx55) and a GE CRT 26" TV both pushing 17 YO.

I also have a working Sony STR-V55 stereo receiver that's pushing 35. Don't know if that's working ATM. It did when I put it on a high shelf. I guess that doesn't count for the sake of this thread. These had a switching PSU and a crystal digital synthesizer tuner. (Very new tech at that time for consumer audio). As fate would have it, not really collectable in terms of dollar value.Ah, who cares, it looks great on the shelf next to 8mm & 16mm film projectors.

16mm film? By any chance one of these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neICe-PKH4k

I used one at U back in the mid to late 70's. They were the best at not destroying old fragile films, especially the ones for film classes. Hard to thread but once mastered you became in demand. This one device really began my education in film.

 

[TorturedChaos]

I just retired my 1990 S10. Still runs just fine but my wife was complaining about silly things like not having ABS or 4wd. So I found her a 2001 Blazer - finally own a vehicle made in this century!
Other than that I have a Linksys WRT54G v3.1 router from 2005 that is still running strong. I put DD-WRT on it many years back. Also have an Acer laptop from 2005 I have xubuntu on that I use to listen to music when working in my garage.

 

[Dawn1113]

My car has seen better days. Runs fine, though, so I don't intend to go shopping for a new vehicle any time soon. I've been using that car for so long that I regard it as a friend.

But I think the oldest piece of equipment I own is a Fender Fuzz Wah from the 60s. (Yup, the kind Hendrix used.) It's big, bulky, and the chrome finish is terribly corroded. I have never learned to use it properly. My feet are just too small. It takes quite a bit of effort to rock the pedal.

 

[cliffordcooley]

Fender Fuzz Wah from the 60s. (Yup, the kind Hendrix used.)

I had to look that up just to see what you were talking about. lol

 

[EClyde]

The machete I purchased in 1965. Good for all manner of outdoor work...from digging to chopping, then there is the inevitable Zombie attack I am prepared for

 

[cliffordcooley]

The machete I purchased in 1965.

I wish I had one from 1965. The crap they commonly make now is not worth having. Two or three swings and the blade needs straightening or sharpened again. A six inch diameter tree is nothing to take down with a good machete. If you have to worry about the blade staying straight and sharp, it's not worth having. And that is just about all they want to sell now, is blades not worth having.

 

[captaincranky]

...[ ]....But I think the oldest piece of equipment I own is a Fender Fuzz Wah from the 60s. (Yup, the kind Hendrix used.) It's big, bulky, and the chrome finish is terribly corroded. I have never learned to use it properly. My feet are just too small. It takes quite a bit of effort to rock the pedal.

Since it's terribly impolite to ask a lady her age, I'm going to go with, "did you buy that nasty a** noisemaker new...?

So, now I can hear all of you thinking, "when did cranky ever worry about politesse"........???

The correct answer is this, ever since Mick Jagger discovered he was the devil, and told me I should...., "Use all you're well learned politesse, or I'll lay your soul to waste"...(sayeth Mick). Ah, we grab life's lessons where we stumble upon them.

 

[mgwerner]

A 1957 Curta Type I Mechanical Calculator, which I use mostly to balance my checkbook. I also have a 1966 Type II that I use for the same function. Kind of overkill, but cool tech all the same.

 

[Cycloid Torus]

1974 Radio Shack Multimeter; 1968 panasonic desktop calculator; 1978 sears wall outlet tester

 

[yowanvista]

Nokia 3330