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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: 1) by RandomFactor on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:01PM (4 children)

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:01PM (#1005376) Journal

    Typewriter

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:27PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:27PM (#1005395)

    Does it have emojis?

    • (Score: 5, Touché) by bart9h on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:40PM (2 children)

      by bart9h (767) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:40PM (#1005408)

      Of course it does.

      ;-)

      ^_^

      8^D

      :~(

      :-/

      • (Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @11:20PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @11:20PM (#1005485)

        Hi,

        Except a Remington Model 10 typewriter didn't have any caret keys nor tilde keys.

        Something about a lawn,

        Captain Pedantic

        • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Wednesday June 10 2020, @03:31PM

          by DECbot (832) on Wednesday June 10 2020, @03:31PM (#1005835) Journal

          But I presume it had these:
           
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