Old tech found in drawers...

[Rallyz]

Having a clear out of some really old tech ...

[Steamer]

SistersofPercy said:

Forgot this as well (though I do actually play with it)

Amstrad CPC464. I had one as a kid (green screen version) and husband bought me this a few years ago so I could reminisce sitting listening to it whir and whine for twenty minutes loading games. Still great fun though, and I am still utterly crap at paperboy.

if you've got any of the Dizzy games for that you can be my best friend!! (The CPC was my first computer)

although I was going to say the guys with the Amigas in the loft: leave them there.

I got mine out a few years back and played Supercars / Stunt car driver / test drive / all the Lotus games... And none of them were as good as I rembered them . Some things are best left in the loft.

[CR6ZZ]

One of these sits on the mantlepiece in my living room - it's too big to fit in a drawer... The granddaughters find it fascinating and often drag it down to do some sums.

[DervVW]

Steamer said:

SistersofPercy said:

Forgot this as well (though I do actually
....although I was going to say the guys with the Amigas in the loft: leave them there.

I got mine out a few years back and played Supercars / Stunt car driver / test drive / all the Lotus games... And none of them were as good as I rembered them . Some things are best left in the loft.

Say it aint so .....

[jumare]

I've got a Sony MD walkman somewhere, use the pouch it came in for my iPod (Classic). I use a near 40 year old NAD 3020 amplifier connected to the PC for music in the study. Until recently had a SparcStation 1 in the loft (donated that to the Computer museum in Cambridge).

[JMGS4]

Still got this , not used for 26 years, for sale if anyone wants it!

[Steamer]

CR6ZZ said:

One of these sits on the mantlepiece in my living room - it's too big to fit in a drawer... The granddaughters find it fascinating and often drag it down to do some sums.

Have you got any more info on that?

Reason I ask is that I have one sat on the shelf in my conservatory - very similar - very heavy, but I know nothing about it, it was given to me as a quirky gift and acts as a very good paper-weight.

[Morningside]

Err..where do I start? I have 3 sheds and a loft full of old tech including over 160 calculators and old PDAs. HP100lx etc. Many old computers Apple, Sinclair etc. Lots of old electronic hardware (Teletext inserter anyone?) and radios from the mid 1990s.

I have been told by the girlfriend that when I move in with her it has all got to go as there is no room

[Guvernator]

thatsprettyshady said:

If that iPod is first gen it's worth 2k+, even the old nano's are £4-500.

Really?? I have a first gen nano kicking around somewhere. Why are they worth so much?

[Thankyou4calling]

thatsprettyshady said:

If that iPod is first gen it's worth 2k+, even the old nano's are £4-500.

There are plenty still in boxes on Ebay for less than £200, still a decent amount but you'd have to be daft to pay £2000.

Edited by Thankyou4calling on Friday 1st July 09:44

[boxst]

judas said:

Unfortunately not, it's up in the office. But we will shortly be re-arranging the living room...

I PM'd you, never know if that works though!

Steve

[williamp]

I still use usb memory sticks of "only" 125mb

Remember the iomega zip drive? Essential if you were at uni in the late 90s

[CR6ZZ]

Steamer said:

CR6ZZ said:

One of these sits on the mantlepiece in my living room - it's too big to fit in a drawer... The granddaughters find it fascinating and often drag it down to do some sums.

Have you got any more info on that?

Reason I ask is that I have one sat on the shelf in my conservatory - very similar - very heavy, but I know nothing about it, it was given to me as a quirky gift and acts as a very good paper-weight.

It is basically a calculator. Very easy to do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division on. I may still have the user manual lying around somewhere. I will see if I can hunt it out.

[Perik Omo]

CR6ZZ said:

Steamer said:

CR6ZZ said:

One of these sits on the mantlepiece in my living room - it's too big to fit in a drawer... The granddaughters find it fascinating and often drag it down to do some sums.

Have you got any more info on that?

Reason I ask is that I have one sat on the shelf in my conservatory - very similar - very heavy, but I know nothing about it, it was given to me as a quirky gift and acts as a very good paper-weight.

It is basically a calculator. Very easy to do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division on. I may still have the user manual lying around somewhere. I will see if I can hunt it out.

My first job in 1963 was using one like that, it was a Facit-Addo and I used it to work out advertising statistics for a company that did those huge bill-boards.

[droopsnoot]

JMGS4 said:

Still got this , not used for 26 years, for sale if anyone wants it!

I've got a few of those as well. And my old Compukit UK101 is still in the loft somewhere.

[barryrs]

Got one of these awesome pieces of kit with remote in the loft

[Vitorio]

barryrs said:

Got one of these awesome pieces of kit with remote in the loft

A space helmet television, very cool!

[Steamer]

Perik Omo said:

CR6ZZ said:

Steamer said:

CR6ZZ said:

One of these sits on the mantlepiece in my living room - it's too big to fit in a drawer... The granddaughters find it fascinating and often drag it down to do some sums.

Have you got any more info on that?

Reason I ask is that I have one sat on the shelf in my conservatory - very similar - very heavy, but I know nothing about it, it was given to me as a quirky gift and acts as a very good paper-weight.

It is basically a calculator. Very easy to do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division on. I may still have the user manual lying around somewhere. I will see if I can hunt it out.

My first job in 1963 was using one like that, it was a Facit-Addo and I used it to work out advertising statistics for a company that did those huge bill-boards.

Thanks.

I'll get a photo of mine over the weekend and see how it compares.

[judas]

boxst said:

judas said:

Unfortunately not, it's up in the office. But we will shortly be re-arranging the living room...

I PM'd you, never know if that works though!

Steve

Yes, I got it - and replied (again) - the first one went to a pistonheads address (due to the way they send out the emails to stop them being flagged as spam and stupid me didn't read it properly )

[Flip Martian]

Those of you who used to have Sony minidisc players/recorders may be interested to know (actually you might not be!) that you could store MP3s for playback on them, thereby increasing the listening capacity. It involved installing RealPlayer (remember that?!) and a free plugin for it - but basically meant you could drag and drop mp3s to copy them on to the MD - then just play back as normal. I always avoided the Sony software as it was (as others have said) utterly rubbish. Still got my MD player somewhere.

Still got the portable record player my parents bought me in about 1970 for Xmas:

Closed:


Open (the control panel folded down into the handle):