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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9849490" data-attributes="member: 6796661">Still upset my dad threw away the old TRS-80.  I would power it back up every few years and it still worked. But then he went through a big de-clutter project and threw it out.At least I managed to salvage his old slide ruler before he threw it out. I never got around to really learning how to use it though, so I suppose that doesn't count.Does the intention to get something working again count? I have a pocket watch from my great great grandfather and one from my great grandfather. My great grandfather was one of the founding members of the the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota. His is a brail pocket watch. One of these days I want to get it repaired and working again. It would be cool to read the time without having to pull out and look at the watch. Though, I suppose using haptic feedback on my Apple watch, I can accomplish the same thing. But I love pocket watches. If we stretch the definition of "tool", I have a rock a girl gave me in the early 80s that has moved around with me, serving as my default paper weight. Though I have less and less use for a paper weight so its become more of shelf nick knack.I have a leatherman I was gifted in the mid-1980s.  The leather sheath is worn but still solid and the multi-tool itself is still in great condition. Given how many hiking and camping trips, international travel, and just having around for decades it has been with me, I'm shocked I've never lost it. This must be the oldest tech I've had that I still use often.</blockquote>

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