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

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: 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

    :~(

    :-/

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  • (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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