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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 chewbacon on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:26AM (1 child)

    by chewbacon (1032) on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:26AM (#1005609)

    A USB Zip250 drive. I love the nostalgia of that thing. I use it for small archival jobs in case it gives me the click of death. (20 years?)

    I have a JVC Kaboom box in the garage complete with guitar and mic amplifier and a beat pad. Tape deck went out on it a while back. I plugged an Amazon Dot into it. (20 years)

    1980 Chevrolet C-10, 400 SBC. I drive it on the weekends, it's so simple to work on whether for repair or improvements.

    I did have an iRiver H10 that served me for a while until the HD started making an awful grinding noise. That was the best MP3 player, IMHO.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:59AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:59AM (#1005623)

    You could possibly convert it to solid state using a CF card, if it is such a good mp3 player.