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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 Bot on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:59PM (2 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @09:59PM (#1005432) Journal

    the little bro of the D50, a bit more noisy, still in use as MIDI input. It has a buffer battery for the settings, but the manual doesn't say it's rechargeable. Well, I never had to replace it, since the day I bought it in 1989.
    In the family we have quite older electronics but this never expiring battery is quite notable.

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  • (Score: 2) by toddestan on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:02AM

    by toddestan (4982) on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:02AM (#1005598)

    Probably the same batteries (silver oxide?) they put into the cartridges in the Super Nintendo games. I've still got my Super Nintendo from the early 90's and most of the games, probably about 25 of them. Not all of them use a battery, but for all the ones that do use a battery, they are all still working flawlessly. Not quite as old as your Roland, but the oldest of the games are only about 2 years newer.

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:28PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:28PM (#1005804) Journal

    I have a DX7 purchased in 1986.

    I used it a fair amount when it was new. Used it a little in the early 2000s. But most of the last couple decades its been stored, nicely, in a padded and very hard exterior case. It's never had its battery replaced -- which might be an issue by now.

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