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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

My microwave from 1985 which came with the house.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

My toaster, similar one here. It was the toaster that I grew up with. My father in turn bought it at a garage sale. I recently tracked down the history and found that it was manufactured in the 50's, so it's been in near constant use for around 75 years.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My Amiga 500 is from 1987.
But I think the stereo & LP player in the living room is from the early 70s.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nokia 3310, it even spent a good 20 min submerged because a 9lb pike pushed my parents out of the canoe and had to walk back to shore

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Some old corded drill that my dad had. It's supposed to have a reverse function but it only goes one direction now.

I've got no idea when it was made.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I was thoroughly impressed by Technology Connections exploration of the Sunbeam automatic beyond belief toaster. Bought one cheap off Craigslist a while ago and added a ground wire. Works great.

I also picked up an IBM selectric pretty cheap, mostly works.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Type Mike IBM keyboard......goddMm indestructible.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

My Harman Kardon pc speakers. They are as old as I am. Here's a pic of the same model I found online.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Technics SL-1900 turntable from 1977, it was a pretty midrange model for its time but it sure as hell is better than any deck you can get new today. The only thing that doesn't work is the dampening on the tonearm lift/lowering.

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[–] DestroyerOfWorlds 7 points 11 months ago

2004 Wacom Cintiq 21UX. Drawing on a screen that large and heavy is awesome. I built it into my desk and can raise and lower it from flat to nearly 90 degrees. The brightness has faded over the years, but I won't let it go until I can afford a new one (equivalent $3k + today). I can barely work in PS with just a mouse anymore. It spoils ya.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

The original fat PS2 I got for Christmas 20-odd years ago. It still plays games perfectly fine if the discs aren’t too scratched up (RIP my bro’s copy of Marvel vs Capcom 1).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Original Xbox console with a copy of Halo Combat Evolved though the console would probably pop if I plugged it in

[–] beastlykings 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Open it up and see if any of the capacitors are leaking! Soldering is a great skill to learn and you can fix it yourself.

The biggest problem people have is buying a bad soldering iron that gets way too hot. You can get an excellent iron for only 10 or 20 dollars more than the garbage out there. I used to recommend the TS-100, because that's what I use and love, and they used to be way cheaper. The TS-80 was an upgrade to that, which was also nice but I never liked. If you've got the money, I still recommend them. However for the budget minded, the pinecil is almost the exact same thing, it's well made, and it's still like $30-40 bucks. In fact some people prefer it over the others. You can power it with a beefy USB-C charger if you have one, or an old laptop charger if you want to cut up the end and put a barrel jack on it. The thing pulls about 90 watts at full tilt, but only for brief periods.

Next you want to buy yourself some practice boards, you can get soldering kits from AliExpress that will let you build little flashing trees and hearts and stuff. Or even small handheld games if you're getting better at soldering.

Then you watch YouTube tutorials, find several. You want to focus on quick work, at low ish temps like 280C, keep the tip clean, and flux is your friend. The very tippy tip of your iron should always be shiny, if it starts turning black, it's building oxides from being too hot and not enough flux. Clean that thing with flux. If you leave it that way too long you'll ruin it, that's why most people struggle to solder.

Then once you've learned, and you're ready to go. Watch YouTube videos on fixing the Xbox, buy the caps, crack that thing open and have fun. Caps aren't that hard to replace, compared to other soldering projects. You'll do fine πŸ‘

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

AKAI S-1100 sampler. It is still in mint conditition, released in 1990. It was a studio standard in those days. I don't use it that much these days, but the time stretch on that machine is amazing. For Jungle and Drum & Bass it's an essential piece of hardware imo. The Prodigy for instance had two of them 1100's in the studio and on tour if irc.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I have Lenco turntable from 1969, making it roughly 54 years old.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Octopus Game&Watch from 1981.

The gameplay is still fire.

Try it out here at archive.org

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

My Yamaha speakers that I got in 1996. Beautiful sound from them. The receiver and other things have long since been replaced.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

It's been over a year since I unboxed it, but my Nintendo 64. Last game I played was Majora's Mask and it suffered a hard reset in the stone temple that made me box it back up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

My hammer.

Also, an axe. Arguably, …fire?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I have a Sony Erickson bluetooth headphone adapter from 2005. It still works perfectly and the battery has good life.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If a pocket watch counts, then my Hamilton watch from 1908. Oldest electronic would probably be my NES.

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[–] LostKatra 6 points 11 months ago

Video door-phone from the eighties. The screen is crap but hit a few times and it works lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

My oldest piece of tech would probably be my C64 or maybe an old camera I have. But the one that I'm actually proud of is my car, a Mercedes W124 from 1988. It'll be hard to find a bolt on that car that I haven't touched and I'm finally getting it where my even my perfectionist self is happy with the way it looks and drives.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

NAS, 2015. Not too old.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

A few, a silver Pikachu Gameboy color, some synthesizers from the 1980's, a unique guitar that I've only been able to find documentation of 1 other one online (Ibanez Nitro full wood body finish - it's certainly a custom). And I think the last pride and joy is my Sony MDR-V600's.

Anybody remember Cube World? Those little electronic cubes that you could magnetically attach to others and they could interact? Got a set of those too.

The music stuff is the oldest but it's mostly second hand so it's harder to claim. The headphones were a gift and new back then though, so they're for sure, same with the Gameboy color and Cube World. Heh :)

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[–] captain_aggravated 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The oldest thing that runs on electricity in my house is probably a tie between my washer and dryer. Both are Kenmore 80 series from the early 90's. I've repaired them a number of times and will continue to do so.

I also have a late 90's vintage Magnavox tube TV which is in working if slightly twitchy order. I set it up every now and again to play SNES games on. The picture's gone slightly orange and depending on what's being displayed there's a notable coil whine, I'm sure it needs to be recapped.

I still have my original SNES, it doesn't work and I'm not sure why. One of its controllers and all but one of my old cartridges is still working. It's not going to be long I'm going to have to change the batteries in the games. Weird to think my copy of Link to the Past has had RAM turned on and running for 33 years straight.

I've still got my RioVolt mp3 CD player. The in-line remote died but the machine itself works fine. I've had it since 2001. I'm very fond of it.

As far as computers, I still have my high school HP Pavilion desktop, and it does still barely boot to XP, but I don't use it for anything. I have a Dell Dimension with an old 3-digit Core i7 circa 2009 that does still see some use as it's supported by modern Linux and yet it's got old shit like a PCI slot, optical drives, firewire, extrenal SATA, so it's a useful tool to have around if I have to play with Dubya-era electronics.

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[–] mindbleach 5 points 11 months ago

Daily? Logitech MX-518. I'd still be using my CeBIT 2003 IntelliMouse if it hadn't been jostled by one too many trips in a backpack. Both are newer than the Max Payne mousepad that is somehow still in tolerable condition.

No, wait. I just glanced at the time on a Westclox digital alarm clock, model 22636, production code 1/10/83. That thing's older than I am. Had to check the underside again: Norcross, GA. I was unsure if "Westclox" hinted at being produced in West Germany.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I have a TI 99/4A PC that still works! It has a super weird version of BASIC and I don't have any tapes for it, but it's a cool display piece. I was able to make an educated guess that it was manufactured in 1982 based on the design

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Probably one of my CRTs from the early 80s, unless we're counting basic stuff like my house wiring or gate speaker.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

1901 Edison victrola. Listen to Edison's band.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

My dad bought an amplifier in the 70s, I still use it for my TV audio system today. Super solid stuff.

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