And tell me how proud of it you are.
Me. 62 years. As long as it keeps on ticking, I’m proud.
You go girl!
Seriously? No upgrades, augments, removals or additions?
I’m 45 and I don’t think my knees or hips will last that long. And my memory will probably degrade over the next twenty years.
Pentax ME SLR camera, bought by my uncle in the 70s. Got some dents and scratches but it’s still taking beautiful pics.
My original NES and game cartridges. Still work great, although retired as collectibles in favor of emulators now.
Same here. It’s been a while since I’ve owned an actual TV to hook them up to though.
I got lucky with mine. I started having issues with mine around 2000. I lived in Washington, only like an hour from Nintendo of America. At the time, Nintendo still serviced all their old consoles up to and including their current consoles. (This would change in 2006, with the Wii, when they started releasing old games digitally, it was game-over for their long-term servicing of old consoles.) So I took mine in, and if I recall correctly, it was about $50 to get all my games professionally cleaned and for the console to be cleaned, fixed, and sent home with new power supply and controllers.
It’s been a champ ever since.
I wish I had known about that. The cleaning accessories I’ve found over the years have kept it going without issues, but I definitely would have sent mine in for a preventative professional cleaning and refurbishing if they found anything wrong with it.
I remember being a bit surprised when I found out about it, but it also seems to be that a lot of people didn’t know about this service, despite it being something Nintendo seemed to pride themselves in for a long time. Maybe they just didn’t publicize it widely enough?
I never heard anything about it. I definitely would have sent in the NES, SNES, and N64 for servicing if it was on my radar.
Neat.
I have a hand-me-down NES from a relative that sadly passed away, console works a treat but at some point within the past decade the cartridge batteries went flat. Finally have the gamebit driver to replace them but the gear is all packed away at the back of my storage cupboard…
Could always do the melted pen trick (outside; burning plastic is not good for you). Could risk melting the game cart plastic, though if you get the pen too hot.
An electronic typewriter that my parents bought when I was entering highschool in the early 90s.
While my first works of fiction we’re not written on it, my first fiction I ever submitted (it was rejected btw) to a publisher was.
I wouldn’t get successfully published until the late 90s/early 00s after I had built my first PC out of scrap parts and a cheap copy of windows 95.
But that typewriter still holds a special place in my heart.
Was it a Clark Nova?
I gave up writing when I was ten. Too dangerous.
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.
Still have running? Probably my Sega Genesis model 1, bought a month before I was even born in 1991, though I rarely use it as emulation is easier.
Still use daily? Probably my gen 3 iPod touch, circa 2009.
I have a Panasonic “Genius” microwave from 1983, still going strong.
A multimeter from the 70’s, although I don’t use it often anymore (I have two newer ones)
A Back and Decker b-100 corded drill from the 1960’s with a skill saw of the same era. (Both backups in case my newer ones die.)
Also not really tech, but A scythe from the 1930’s, an old clothes iron from the early 1900’s (The kind you heated on the stove) a machete from 1920, and a couple old hand pump sprayers from the 20’s or 30’s (The type you screw a glass bottle onto) that all are functional but mainly just collect dust.
I probably have some other old crap I’m not thinking of at the moment, I just like collecting weird old things.
An Acetronic MPU1000 games console, from the 1970s - 76 or 78 I think. Still worked last time I powered it up, I also got some extra games cheap off eBay a while back, interesting playing something other than the three or four games I remember from childhood.
My paternal grandmother’s KitchenAid model K mixer she bought just after my grandfather returned from WW2. She gave it to my mother in the late 70’s because she wanted a new one and the damn thing showed no signs of dying. My mother gave it to my wife about 15 years ago for the same reason.
We’ve bought some new accessories but that fucking zombie mixer will outlast the roaches.
Might be worth regreasing it, iFixIt has some good guides on that.
Those old KitchenAid mixers are beasts. I think they were still made by Hobart at that point and really built to last and easy to fix.
SNES purchased by my parents in 1992.
An old blade server I was able to take from my very first job, state of the art for the time it was made around 2002. It’s still running and I’ve been using it as a media and hosting server for years despite how out of date the specs are now.
My Nintendo DS.
Somehow the battery is still charged and went multiple times from red state to a green state.Mines not so interesting, but I do have an original N64 from launch. I wish I had picked up the gold plated Zelda console, but I instead grabbed the regular grey one that came with Mario…I had never played a Zelda game before and regret the decision today.
If I’m going even older, it would probably be the planer that my father made about 50 years ago. Still works amazingly for being all cherry.
I have a Vendomatic sewing machine form the late '70s or early '80s. Still works like a charm. I still use it a couple of times per year to make/fix clothes or sew badges on my heavy metal jacket
Not sure how loose you define tech, but mine would be my motorcyle, a 1982 Yamaha XS400 that my grandfather gifted me. It’s certainly feeling it’s age, so it requires a lot more effort on my end to keep running than most bikes made this century. It’s not made for modern highway speeds, it’s not happy when I try, so I keep it off the interstate, 50 and under. That said, when the weather’s good, I’ve never had a carbeurated engine start so easily, and it’s a joy to ride!
A pair of vertical speakers with three elements each made by my father in the early 80s and the paired amplifier that he built at the same time
Any chance of a photo?
sure thing, right now I cant but I should be able to do it in a few hours !
Here it is :) Sorry for the quality! https://imgur.com/a/LlRnloT
They look great! The mid driver could do with replacing though? But the cabinet looks superb and the bass speakers are VERY red! Are they ported?
For sure some good maintenance would be beneficial, but unfortunately I did not inherited my father’s ability on the audio side haha I think they are ported, yes! I am sure both the speakers went under heavy modifications during the years. At the moment I think I somehow fried that amplifier (also cause is basically open on the rear) and I wonder if i should buy a new one or try to repair this for the nth time
