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What are Your Oldest Working Gizmos?

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday June 09 2020, @08:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the does-an-astrolabe-count? dept.

martyb writes:

A recent story on the BBC posed a question to its readers. If it ain't broke: You share your oldest working gadgets. Folks wrote in with their favorite, longest-lasting devices.

Besides being curious about the latest tech devices and advancements, I've noticed our community also seems to have a number of thrifty folk who thrive on getting the most out of their gadgets.

I'll count myself among those in that category. I'll start with a Sharp EL-510S solar-powered, scientific calculator from the early 1980s. I also have a JVC stereo receiver from the mid 1980s that is still going strong. The computer I am currently using is a Dell Latitude Core 2 Duo from about 2009.

So how well has your stuff held up? What was been your best acquisition for long-term durability?

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  • (Score: 2) by istartedi on Tuesday June 09 2020, @08:40PM (1 child)

    by istartedi (123) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @08:40PM (#1005363) Journal

    Mitsubishi. TBF though, it's not totally working. A couple years ago I was cleaning out some stuff and found some cassette tapes. I tried to play one, and it promptly began to "eat" the tape. Fortunately I remembered the old trick of putting a Bic pen in the sprocket to re-wind it. The AM/FM radio still works though, and in fact I'm listening to it in the background even as I type this.

    During the same de-cluttering expedition I also found my Walkman and Casio watch. I don't count those because they're not in daily use. The Walkman had a bad case of battery corrosion. I haven't tried to clean it, but it seems like there's a decent chance it could be brought back to working order.

    The real kicker is that watch. I was surprised enough that it still displayed a time. Even more amazing, when I adjusted for the time zone (having moved) it was just half an hour off. I'm also not counting that though, because it went right back in to the closet. I haven't worn a watch since the early 90s, and I don't miss them one bit.

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  • (Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Wednesday June 10 2020, @01:43AM

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <{axehandle} {at} {gmail.com}> on Wednesday June 10 2020, @01:43AM (#1005585)

    ...The real kicker is that watch. I was surprised enough that it still displayed a time. Even more amazing, when I adjusted for the time zone (having moved) it was just half an hour off...

    Which is beyond my computer's capability...

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