What's the oldest piece of technology you use everyday?

[I-330]

I've got a few "older" tech items I use on the daily. I carry an Ipod photo (2004) that I use for listening to music on the go, I also carry a 1st gen Ti-83 calculator (1997) and a Minolta Pocket Pak 440E (70's) in my briefcase. I have a Signet wrist-watch and a Hamilton Pocket watch which I wear/carry depending on occasion/outfit.

As for more weekly items, I have a Bronica ETR si (80's) camera which I use on shoots every few days, as well as a Minox model B (40's) which I keep in my pocket whenever going out.

I have a few other older items which I use from time to time, but these are my most used.

 

[CognacDefender]

I've got a few "older" tech items I use on the daily. I carry an Ipod photo (2004) that I use for listening to music on the go, I also carry a 1st gen Ti-83 calculator (1997) and a Minolta Pocket Pak 440E (70's) in my briefcase. I have a Signet wrist-watch and a Hamilton Pocket watch which I wear/carry depending on occasion/outfit.

As for more weekly items, I have a Bronica ETR si (80's) camera which I use on shoots every few days, as well as a Minox model B (40's) which I keep in my pocket whenever going out.

I have a few other older items which I use from time to time, but these are my most used.

My dad gave me a Minolta camera a couple days ago.

 

[Lis]

Thinkpad T60 from 2007. It's my daily driver.

 

[imnotdeadyet]

An old small no name color TV from the 90s in one of my rooms because I can't really fit anything in that space, was repaired a few times but still works like a charm. Also an old HP Diskjet from 2009 for my printing needs, it just works compared to most modern printers.

 

[Yuiui]

If going for daily use probably my old iPod or my around 2008 thinkpad.
Otherwise I still from time to time use a C64 or old Macintosh II

 

[Dr. MacGutsy]

A 1956 Royal Quiet De Luxe.

 

[eve]

probably the wheel tbh
like, maybe not every day but i think itz safe2say that most dayz i use a wheel of some kind

 

[PurpleHello98]

Probably my iPod nano 5th gen, released in 2009 originally. I got my first in 2020 and had to replace it last year due to a screen failure and I still use it everyday! I love just having something separate to listen to music, since I'm a huge music junkie and I have 2000+ songs!

 

[Dark Agent]

Update: I downgraded my iPhone 4 to 4.3 for a little bit more speed and space (only 400MB left!). I also got an iPad 1 32GB that i use for University and Manga.

 

[Fluviii]

A Casio Privia from 2004, I dont think it is worth owning a newer digital piano unless you are cool and sexy and dreamy and have sex often.

 

[Venomnik0]

Oldest thing I could think of is my iPod 4th gen. Godtier device so much better than my phone really when i want to jam out to shit. Flash modded it and everything and it feels brand new. Use it to play whatever i need to but I should really add some background to distract me with. Otherwise, i have a painfully slow MacBook pro 2010. It was a nice find and modding it to the closest version that could support it was ok but the issues make it a downright painful daily driver.

 

[handoferis]

Oldest thing I could think of is my iPod 4th gen. Godtier device so much better than my phone really when i want to jam out to shit. Flash modded it and everything and it feels brand new. Use it to play whatever i need to but I should really add some background to distract me with. Otherwise, i have a painfully slow MacBook pro 2010. It was a nice find and modding it to the closest version that could support it was ok but the issues make it a downright painful daily driver.

You may enjoy the iPod thread

 

[Venomnik0]

You may enjoy the iPod thread

Thanks for the thread!! Love it!!

 

[Null043]

You may enjoy the iPod thread

That's actually nice, thanks!

 

[Sketch Relics]

This old CRT TV that I use for retro gamen, dunno what year it's from, but it's probably from the 1987~1992 range somewhere.

 

[DyingIon]

I feel like I rely on old tech more than new junk. I watch a lot of movies on my VCR which also has a lot of my old retro consoles hooked up to it. Normally I listen to CDs but I got a walkman and some cassetes lately. Recently started using old cameras instead of DSLRs and mirrorless like everyone and their mother uses - got a new panaonic VHS camera that's like my child.

 

[Karbalet]

In terms of daily use, it's my ThinkPad X230. It's the Core i7 model with 8GB of ram and a cheap SSD so it runs really well for my uses. Relatively not that old but I accidentally burnt out my T500

The oldest electronic I have is probably my NES.

 

[Rübezahl]

The oldest thing I actually use is my Macbook Air from 2014.
Was surprised when some stranger behind me guessed the year right.
I dunno how you can see that.

 

[Ross_Я]

Not my photo. This thing went into production in 1979 and plays Radio Jazz pretty much every day. I also have a video of my unit playing a cassette, if you want to see my box in action, albeit it is pretty much the exact same thing.
The next oldest thing would be Nokia N-Gage phone, first model.
Also, I've recently got myself headphones from the 80's. If I'll manage to find good proper adapters to connect it to 3.5 mm jack, it will be a thing which I'll use rather constantly as well.

 

[Ross_Я]

More than a month later I still wage war with the headphones from the 80's I've mentioned just above. Every adapter I've tried for some reason loses contact on ocassion. It's not critical, but I want to avoid that, and so, I think, I'll resort to resoldering it to 3.5 mm jack after all.
I'm also not quite sure why, but every adapter is allowing for some movement for some reason? The adapters in question are 6.35 mm to 3.5 mm jacks, and it's the first time I've actually had to use one, so I'm not sure if it should have some freedom of movement or if it is just the infamous quality of chinese manufacturers showing yet again. Frankly, I'm quite sure there should not be any movement in there - an educated guess from the fact that all my 3.5 mm to whatever adapters are quite precise and do not allow for any kind of movement.
Also, the wire of the headphones is a bit too short, so I need an additional jack-jack wire for extension... Kind of starting to wonder if I'll ever be able to make it work smoothly in the end of the day. I've really thought it would be much easier, but so far I've ended up with a bunch of adapters, which are, it seems, good for nothing. At least they were cheap.