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[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

A TI-99/4. I need to find an old tv to hook it up

[–] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sinclair Microvision MTV-1. It doesn't work though. First released about 1978 according to Wikipedia.

Found it in a thrift store in a small town with a single stop light, in the middle of nowhere. That's also where I got my sealed copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 on 5 1/4 floppies. Total cost $7.

[–] ByteMe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

My Nintendo dsi. Since 2009

Casio CZ-1 synthesizer, produced in 1986.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 3 points 2 weeks ago

I have my old Speak & Spell. It still works.

[–] mantra@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Probably my Canon AE-1. Not sure of the exact year, but the model was made from roughly '76 to '84.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Got my aunt's rotary phone in the closet.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

Fridge. Older than me

Probably my dad's electric turkey carver. It was a wedding gift he got in 1980

[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lost a lot of cool old stuff in a fire a few years ago, so I'm guessing my original N64.

[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've got my og NES.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

20 GB hard drive from 2006.

Next year we're going to have a party for it.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

My TI-84 calculator.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Casio f-91w watch. Its like 6 years old now, so the battery only has like 4 more years left.

[–] GalacticTaterTot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Game Boy Advance with a Pokemon Sapphire cartridge that I don't think has been removed in over a decade. Every time I turn it on I always wonder how I spent so many hours staring at a screen with no backlight.

Probably some old radio, not sure of the date though.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not a full electronic per se, but I do have a heatsink from an old second gen IBM memory module.

[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One of these telephones. Was my grandfather's.

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

that is nice! its... sexy?

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[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

A Bell & Howell 8mm/16mm projector and a handheld super 8 video camera that belonged to my dad. I'm not sure how old they are but probably late 70s/80s. From what I gather, he was very much into manual film editing.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sega Megadrive from about 1989.

[–] Fifrok@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

A panasonic lumix dmc-fz50 that I got from my mum after she got her new camera. It's from 2007, so not that old, but still, it's only three years younger than me. It takes pretty good photos for it's age, especially macro shots. It's biggest flaws are the display and view finder. The image in the view finder got yellow and foggy with time, to the point it's almost unusable. And the display is rather dark so it's no good in sunny weather.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Probably a Cowon iAudio mp3 player from the mid aughts. I might still have a Philips cd mp3 player from the early aughts. Ooh in my garage I have Sony PC speakers from 2001.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have my grandmothers iMac G4. Just an interesting looking from the days when Apple made interesting looking things. It still works but it’s really used for anything.

[–] herpypony@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

1980 Sony trintitron crt TV that still works. Got the N64 hooked up to it.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Probably either my Olympus OM-1 or my Minolta SR-T 201. Both still work (the Olympus just needs some cleaning and maintenance)

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

A Nintendo64 with several game cartridges. It's a little flaky, but it still works for the most part.

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

my first computer. it's about 12 years old

[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Either the wood-grain radio with clock or a 1970s bubble-LED calculator

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