technology REALLY old stuff you have that still works?

[TailsIsNotAlone 3,695]

For example, I have a big heavy dinosaur of a TV that still works perfectly. It's so old it has no A/V connections, only an RF input for an antenna. We bought it when I was a kid and I took it with me when I moved out of the house.

 

Another thing: I have a slim PlayStation 2 I bought in 2005. Quite old for a disc-based video game system...and it still works. I have played so many movies on that thing over 7 years that the DVD-ROM should have burned out a long time ago, but it's still going. It's like an immortal PS2.

Don't get me started on the one I bought used in 2003 that my little brother still plays.

Edited December 6, 2012 by TailsAlone

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

I have a computer that my family bought in the early 2000s and it still works

 

I have a PS1 and a SEGA Genesis that both still work, along with two PS2s that are about seven years old each

 

I still own the VCR I had in 1996

 

I guess, this doesn't fit the theme of technology, but I also own a lot of books that were printed in the 1800s that are still in decent shape.

[khaine21x3 789]

Here some people still use cassette players and I've got one.

 

 

I've got a really old wooden radio too that looks like ones from movies

[Aaramus 449]

I still have my Pokemon Ruby Special Edition Gameboy Advance SP. You can still see the Groudon outline on it and it works like its still new. There are few scratch marks on it but that's about it. All of my Gameboy Advance and Colour games still work on it and I still have the charger. 

 

I still use it to be play Pokemon Ruby, I don't bother with my DS which itself is the original DS from 2005 and still runs well. 

[MelancholicMemory 2,025]

Here some people still use cassette players and I've got one.

 

 

I've got a really old wooden radio too that looks like ones from movies

Oh, yeah, I also have one of those. My grandma gave it to me.

 

And I also remembered another thing. I still have my original Gameboy Colorfrom when I was a kid, as well as my Gameboy Advanced

[khaine21x3 789]

Oh, yeah, I also have one of those. My grandma gave it to me.

 

And I also remembered another thing. I still have my original Gameboy Colorfrom when I was a kid, as well as my Gameboy Advanced

 

I think my original gameboy should still work if I can find it, I could just buy or create the spare parts if it doesn't.It really hurts the eye to play those back then esp when you're not under direct sunlight.

[Twilight Circuits 603]

Here some people still use cassette players and I've got one.

 

 

I've got a really old wooden radio too that looks like ones from movies

Not only do i have one of those new in a box somewhere, i still have my cassettes lying around with music you'd never find on youtube i'd imagine. I also have an alrarmclock cassette player given to me for christmas when i was 8 years old that still works almost perfectly.

[khaine21x3 789]

Not only do i have one of those new in a box somewhere, i still have my cassettes lying around with music you'd never find on youtube i'd imagine. I also have an alrarmclock cassette player given to me for christmas when i was 8 years old that still works almost perfectly.

 

I actually take that off google coz I'm too lazy to take a picture and upload it but cassette players are still common here and music stores still sell cassette tapes at around $0.50 USD each I think so they're a lot cheaper than buying cds and dvs for music.

 

They got beatles and those old american jingles too for cassette tapes at music stores down here if that's the kind of music you mean.

Edited December 6, 2012 by khaine21x3

[Fridge 382]

My Nes system also, Commedor Amiga 64. I've got an old camera that still works brilliantly as well although i'm never going to go back to using film.

[FALCON PUNCH 244]

I got a Polaroid camera that I belive to be from the 1970's

And I also have an NES first Nintendo console from 1970's I think?

And a Nintendo 64 1990's

[Envy 6,182]

Actually a fair amount of old electronics I own still work. My PS2 is from 2004 and still works just fine.

 

My Gameboy (probably from the mid 90's) works just fine. As do all of my handhelds except for my GBA SP and DS, but they were broken accidentally and technically run just fine... It's just that their screens have a large crack in the display.

 

My SNES, N64, and GCN (from 2003, not the original one I had) all work just fine.

 

My PC from 2004 would run if I plugged it back in and turned it on.

 

I don't believe any of the TV's I've had ever broke.

[Colt 555]

Well other than my self XD

 

1995 PlayStation that still kick the games in, awesome to play old clasics in there

 

My NES from 1986, in fact I also have the original Playing With Power poster with a nice frame.

 

A Kodak camera from 1960 similar to this one

 

A 1920 safe that is awesome to have, I want to restore it and maybe make it a drik fridge the paint is faded but the mechanisms still work.

 

A 1890 Mexican army sword, I keep it  sharp so I think yoy can say it still "works"

[Lando 80]

A few of my old game systems still work such as my Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Pocket, N64 and playstation. It's kind of funny that the systems that are getting close to being 20 years old are still running great yet I've been through two Xbox 360s 

[Betez 1,734]

I still have the snes that my dad got in 1991. It still works perfectly and the plastic hasn't yellowed. It looks brand new.

 

I'm surprised by this. It's survived being in a dark, moldy, moist-aired basement. I found it in 2005 and have been playing it ever since.

Edited December 6, 2012 by Betez

[khaine21x3 789]

I still have the snes that my dad got in 1991. It still works perfectly and the plastic hasn't yellowed. It looks brand new.

 

I'm surprised by this. It's survived being in a dark, moldy, moist-aired basement. I found it in 2005 and have been playing it ever since.

 

Is that the console with the original super mario bros? what games do you play on it?

 

Everything made pre 1970 seems to be a whole lot more durable than today's cheap plastic crap.

[Betez 1,734]

Is that the console with the original super mario bros? what games do you play on it?

 

Everything made pre 1970 seems to be a whole lot more durable than today's cheap plastic crap.

I have the second generation of it.

I have Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Super Castlevania IV, and Super Star Wars.

 

I have an nex (A 2010 remade console of the original nes, which can play both nes and famicom games.) which I have a ton of games for.

 

It does suck that they don't build anything to last anymore.

Edited December 6, 2012 by Betez

[Kapi 215]

I have a couple things, like my Sega Genesisisis---- I have both a model 1 and 2 Genesis,  but I don't have the Power cord for the model 2.

That said, I still have an N64, a Dreamcast, and a Zenith talking VCR, which still gets regular use. I also have an early Wacom tablet that needs a Serial port to work, My current computer doesn't have one, but I still hold on to it. There's probably more stuff, but its all in the closet right now.

[Jimmy Bronymian 140]

I have an old 30s/40s record player I got from my grandpa, does that count?  XD    My dad sold all the old records for it though (don't ask me why)  <_<

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

I have a wood-grain Atari 2600(I don't recall if it's a 4-switch or a 6, I haven't had it out in a few months). I also have a Sears Talking Computron in the box, from 1986.  

 

I also have a big-old record player that's like the size of a large DJ table, it's gotta be from like the 50s-60s. 

 

Also, I actually have a "toaster" NES that starts on a dime without playing around with the cartridge slot. 

 

I have numerous other old games too. 

[Dr. Vojislav Seselj 691]

Yellow Sony Walkman

 

 

 

70s (?) Iskra record player

 

 

Old East German electric shaver

 

Looked sorta like this

 

 

70s Kodak camera (Instamatic 60)

 

 

 

...and:

 

Game Boy Pocket, Advance SP Charizard Special Edition

 

and THIS OLD BEAST (Magnohrom Kraljevo electric heater)

 

 

[Celtore 2,770]

Oh god, edit the post, everything goes insane! Anyway, time for a rewrite...

 

The IBM Model M, the best keyboard I've ever owned. It was produced in the early 90's and people are still using these things. My last keyboard barely lasted me 4 years before the "E" key stopped working 100%. This thing is showing signs of yellowing, but don't all old plastic things?

 

There actually is a way to bleach it back if I wanted to as well, but thats a task for another day.

 

Also, my VCR still works and runs all my old pokemon tapes. My parents were going to throw it away a long time ago, but I managed to save it from the dump.

Edited December 7, 2012 by Celtore

[☢Navy☢ 81]

Well let's see, my old gameboy advanced SP still works (I still play it to this day actually). I also still have my old playstation and playstation 2 working (although they've been in my closet collecting dust for the past 10 years). Oh yea one last thing, my parents are still working, man those things are freaking primordial, I'm surprised they still work even to this day.

[Gigachip 148]

I have a shotgun that dates around the 1930-40s, (maybe earleir) it still works. As well as a .22 from the 70s that also still works.

Now I also have a SNES, N64, Playstation, PS2, NGC.

Have a Gameboy, Gameboy Pocket (actually got for $15/20 in elementary when they were new bought from fellow student we thought ~15 was a lot that age), Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Gameboy SP. Nintendo DS(1st gen)

Still have all my Gameshark stuff too, still works also.

[Inactive Account 104]

I have an electric guitar that my mom gave me.  Its over 60 years old and I have a small amp to go with it and it still works fine and loud

[Nah 3,182]

My Mom owns a really old Sewing Machine (from the 40s) and a blender from the 70s that still works (we don't use it that often).

 

I have a 1986 Sony Walkman that is enjoyable to use every once in a while, a cell phone from the mid 90s to early 2000s, a 10 year old portable CD player, a PS2, and until last year, a 10 year old laptop and desktop, both met their official fates as I got a new PC.