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Linda
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:24 pm |
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My wireless router is still going strong at 8 years old.
And I'm not sure if this qualifies as a tech device, but I still regularly use a little solar calculator from the 1980s.
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Steve
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:28 pm |
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The USB keyboard I use at work is a 10 year old IBM. It's barely new enough to have a Windows button on it.
(If your Wi-Fi router is 8 years old, it probably tops out at 802.11g ... might want to look into N. It's MUCH faster.)
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Li'l Jay
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:33 pm |
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I don't think it's nice, you laughin' . . .
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I have a "jam box" that would still be my main one (still works, still got it handy in the garage). But we don't go to the beach with it anymore, and I just don't tend to use it much. But it is 20 years old and still looks good to me. It has an auxilliary port, so I can plug any external source to it, such as an MP3 player.
My leaf blower and weed-eater are 12 years old. If you say my leaf blower is not a tech device, I will blow crap all in your yard. Don't push it.
We still use the Wii. Going on 6 years old.
I still have my first TV. Still works. Can't bring myself to throw it away. (It's a quality Sony, a small one). Got it Christmas of 1982.
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Linda
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:35 pm |
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Steve wrote: (If your Wi-Fi router is 8 years old, it probably tops out at 802.11g ... might want to look into N. It's MUCH faster.) My connection is only 10 Mbps. Doesn't G handle up to 50-something?
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:00 pm |
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TV in our bathroom has a built-in (broken) VHS player.
Still use my first generation Video iPod that I received as a gift (even though the screen is tiny compared to an iPhone).
We don't use our main VCR that often, but it's still hooked up to our main TV. Mitsubishi SVHS from 1990. (By comparison, we're on our 4th DVD player since 2002.)
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:04 pm |
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Han loled first
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Probably my N64. Unless you count a car as a tech device, in which case my car is older.
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:31 pm |
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My HP-25C calculator is still going strong after 35 years. My HP-41CV calculator is my primary calculator (it's only 32 years old), but I still use both calculators.
Hewlett-Packard made good stuff.
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:55 pm |
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I'm typing this post on a 10-year-old Dell computer.
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Bolgani Gogo
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:20 pm |
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My Sony receiver has RCA jacks marked Laserdisc.
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:47 pm |
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Linda wrote: My wireless router is still going strong at 8 years old.
And I'm not sure if this qualifies as a tech device, but I still regularly use a little solar calculator from the 1980s. Thanks for reminding me. I don't always use it, but I also have a solar calculator from the same time period which is still going. BTW, my watch is also solar.
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:34 am |
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It's All About The Pelvic Thrusts
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:36 am |
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:53 am |
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1988 Texet stereo radio cassette player; I'm listening to the radio on it now.
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:40 am |
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My wind-up watch is from the USSR circa 1978. Other than that, I'm typing this on a RM NB3000 laptop from around the turn of the century 
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:24 am |
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I have a couple of old Boss guitar pedals that I still use, that I've had since about 1989.
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:54 am |
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ah! Yeah, I've got a Strat from 1983, and a Marshall combo from about 1985.. Forgot those  We're talking pretty low tech there though.
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:57 am |
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Rob-El wrote: ah! Yeah, I've got a Strat from 1983, and a Marshall combo from about 1985.. Forgot those  We're talking pretty low tech there though. If we're including leaf-blowers and calculators, I think guitars, amps and pedals count. 
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Li'l Jay
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:03 am |
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I don't think it's nice, you laughin' . . .
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Simon wrote: Rob-El wrote: ah! Yeah, I've got a Strat from 1983, and a Marshall combo from about 1985.. Forgot those  We're talking pretty low tech there though. If we're including leaf-blowers and calculators, I think guitars, amps and pedals count.  Try playing the guitar with a 4 horsepower leaf blower going full-on at your face. Yeah, I thought so.
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Simon
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:09 am |
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Li'l Jay wrote: Simon wrote: Rob-El wrote: ah! Yeah, I've got a Strat from 1983, and a Marshall combo from about 1985.. Forgot those  We're talking pretty low tech there though. If we're including leaf-blowers and calculators, I think guitars, amps and pedals count.  Try playing the guitar with a 4 horsepower leaf blower going full-on at your face. Yeah, I thought so. I think Jay has some kind of unnatural relationship with his leaf-blower. I think it may be a substitute for something else.
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CAT
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:34 am |
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It's All About The Pelvic Thrusts
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Simon wrote: Li'l Jay wrote: Simon wrote: Rob-El wrote: ah! Yeah, I've got a Strat from 1983, and a Marshall combo from about 1985.. Forgot those  We're talking pretty low tech there though. If we're including leaf-blowers and calculators, I think guitars, amps and pedals count.  Try playing the guitar with a 4 horsepower leaf blower going full-on at your face. Yeah, I thought so. I think Jay has some kind of unnatural relationship with his leaf-blower. I think it may be a substitute for something else. 'Twig-Sucker'
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Jeff
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:08 am |
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Until Friday, when it died, I'd had the same microwave for 20 years. Now the oldest tech thing I have is my old stereo receiver, bought in 1995. It still works great for what I use it for.
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Jeff
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Post subject: What's the oldest tech device you own that you still use? Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:09 am |
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