The oldest tech you still use

[Zardnaar]

The criteria I am using is complex machinery or electronics. Also nothing that was purchased as a piece of old tech. Mostly because one of us having a 150 year old bowl or screwdriver or bought an old Atari because you wanted to try retrogaming doesn't tell us much beyond that (what any of us using an iPod or a cassette player tells us, I guess I don't know either, but it still seems like a more interesting comparison).

Among regularly used (and not, like, my house), I think the oldest is some Fleetwood speakers my dad got when he left the army in '72. Of tech I first got when it was the state of the art or state of the market, I still have a CD player in my stereo cabinet from '94 that gets use whenever I pick up a CD from a local band.


Can you still get the Alpha Centauri mods? If I were to pick it up again, I'd want at very least a patch so the Alien Crossfire would include both alien factions in a random opposition game.

Of my own gaming, I am now regularly scratching my dungeon-crawling itch with the Unity port of Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall. I've also taught my nephew the joy of Scorched Earth.

No idea.SMAC community is still active. I bought it on GOG.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

My game of Street Fighter 2 moved from the dance floor, to the bar then out to the street.

In case anyone was concerned about where my life was at, I did not actually go out to any bars last weekend, nor did I get into any street fights. All comments are strictly for comedy purposes.

 

[Clint_L]

My kid has more old tech than I do - he collects old video game systems. He has all the big ones from Atari 2600 onwards, and plenty of games for each. He's been collecting them since he was 10. He has lots of the wierd accessories, too, like the bongoes that you can (sort of) use to play Donkey Kong Country on the SNES.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

It's not mine but I have spent the morning trying to get a J-Format reel to reel video deck up and working. The deck itself is fine, but we're having issues getting it plugged into the TBC and then the A-D.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

I don't know if old media counts, unless we're talking about the original disks. It would get kinda silly otherwise, most of us have really old movies on some format or another. High five for still playing Alpha Centauri though, one of my favorites. I might fire it up myself soon.



I didn't think of it before you said this, I've got a mechanical hand crank whisk that I sometimes use. I got it from my parents, so I don't know how old it is, but it's got to be pretty old. No way anyone was making a hand crank whisk once electric ones were cheap. It will whip egg whites about as fast as an electric one, but you need two hands to use it so you have to secure the mixing bowl. It cleans really easy too, just put the whole thing in the dishwasher. I only use it for whipping egg whites and whipped cream though, anything more heavy duty takes too much strength for me. Feel the forearm burn!

Edit: Well, it's probably not as old as I thought. Out of curiosity I looked it up and apparently, they still sell these things new! Mine is still probably from the 80's or 90's, so old but not really old.

Old can be relative! I'm "grew up watching the D&D cartoon as it released" old so my electronic experience is vastly different from anyone who's initial exposure is BG3 or Critical Role.

I try to never feel like my viewpoint is better ... it's just different.

That hand whisk is to you like my hand mixer is to me!!!

 

[messy]

VCR. Unsure when it was bought, maybe early 90’s.