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[โ€“] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

I have some railroad stock certificates from the late 19th century that I need to frame. They're a few bucks on ebay and really freaking cool

In terms of electronics, I have some model trains from the 60s and 70s that are pretty worthless but keep going despite the abuse and lack of maintenance thanks to electric motors being so simple and easy to maintain. Other than that it's probably a shoe in between my wife's N64, PS2 and CRT TV, an old police scanner I got off ebay, or the early plasma TV that I got from my parents who got it from my aunt who got it with their house.

[โ€“] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Apple IIe even has a dot matrix printer still in operation (paper running low though)

But probably my oldest piece is my Beale upright piano, made in the 1920s, still beautiful, still hammering out music.

[โ€“] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

I have a a working box camera from 1930's. Or it would work, if I could still find film for it at a semi-decent price.

My Sansui 1000X - receiver amp is in daily use and was made in 1971, it's in near mint condition in every way. I did a complete internal cleanup and replaced a few electrolytic capasitors just to be sure to avoid any problems in the future. I believe the unit may well outlive me. I love the silverface-teak cabinet aesthetics. It's paired with a Lenco - L75 turntable from the early 70's and AR-7x speakers from the same decade, together they sound pretty much perfect to my ears.

And I also have my great-aunt's windable table clock. It's ~100-120 years old, but still works if only I remembered to wind it every other day.

[โ€“] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Is a wristwatch considered tech? My daily one is from 1971 and with a service it keeps time way better than a lot of new mechanical watches.

[โ€“] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

i have speakers from somewhere in the 1980's made in the soviet union

[โ€“] Philo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Me. 62 years. As long as it keeps on ticking, I'm proud.

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It's either my alarm clock or 5.1 speakers, both of which would be somewhere over 20 years old.

[โ€“] menemen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Olympus OM 10. Bought it second hand a few years ago, when I felt I need film cameras back in my life. Must be from the early 80s. I only use it since maybe 4 years now, but I love that camera.

Oh, while I am typing I just remembered my Braun Paxette from the 1950s. But I don't like that camera and thus don't use it. Planning on selling it tbh.

[โ€“] Haha@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

A OG gameboy transparent hood

[โ€“] NikkiNikkiNikki@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

the oldest is one of my portable cassette recorders, a very early GE model that is in near perfect condition. It's so early on it doesn't have much info online, and seems to be rare, but unwanted.

The one im the most proud of is my IBM LexMark model M keyboard, It's older than me, abused to hell, modified, and is still my daily driver because it's so comfortable

[โ€“] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Well, not that old, and even typing this hurts me (and apologizes to all that are hurt too lol), but I just played a lot with my PSP GO and my DS Lite this week, and in a related field Jackie Chan for PS1 in my Anbernic RG351V (old software in this case).

[โ€“] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

If we're including family consoles, I'm gonna say the family wii my family got in the late 2000s. I was actually pretty pissed when we couldn't find it when it was in temporary storage because there is one mii that I would have been absolutely furious with myself if I couldn't remake it on my switch. Luckily we did find it and I've managed to recreate all the miis we had on there onto my switch, especially the one mii my grandma made.

[โ€“] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

1955 Moskva-5 Camera in perfect condition.

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