Old tech found in drawers...
Discussion
You might expect an old codger like me to have loads of old tech but I had a bit of a clear out before we moved house. I sold a Z88 and a Compaq clamshell and I donated a luggable Victor Vicky to Bletchley Park museum, along with what may have been the first ever computer magazine cover disk - software on a 45 rpm floppy record disk!
Even so, I still have some old stuff:-
I was pretty good at using these.
I sold my CD Walkman but I have this audio stuff, including my 1 GB MP3 player.
A databank that I never used and a portable TV. I do have a freeview tuner that works with it, too.
I never did buy a slide projector, just this small slide viewer.
Who else has one of these in a drawer?
And, finally, my trusty old IBM T23, which I've just been updating.
Even so, I still have some old stuff:-
I was pretty good at using these.
I sold my CD Walkman but I have this audio stuff, including my 1 GB MP3 player.
A databank that I never used and a portable TV. I do have a freeview tuner that works with it, too.
I never did buy a slide projector, just this small slide viewer.
Who else has one of these in a drawer?
And, finally, my trusty old IBM T23, which I've just been updating.
driverrob said:
I was pretty good at using these.
Funnily enough I bought a slide rule from a car boot sale relatively recently, thinking it might be a nice thing to learn how to use. It hasn't proved to be the case, so far.The stereo in my classic has a removable front. The annoying thing is that, once I wired up the permanent live so I didn't have to always listen to Radio 2 (the first channel the 'seek' finds when power is removed), it now beeps a few times after the ignition is switched off, to remind me to remove it. I did have one that removed completely, but I used to lock it in the glove box rather than take it with me. I guess if anyone had broken into the car, they'd have wrecked the dashboard getting the surround out, and then wrecked the glove box to get at the stereo.
devnull said:
Guvernator said:
Ahh removable facia car stereos, I remember those. 
Is that even still a thing by the way? The last 3 cars I've had, the stereo has been built into the sat nav unit so pretty difficult to steal.
Very much so - bought a newly relased Pioneer DAB+ Radio which had a removable fascia!Is that even still a thing by the way? The last 3 cars I've had, the stereo has been built into the sat nav unit so pretty difficult to steal.
AshG said:
Surprised no-one's posted one of these yet...unless of course I missed it. I suspect it might even still work...
Ah, the original Atari joystick, made during a time when ergonomics wasn't even a proper word and guaranteed to give you hand-ache after just 20 minutes of play. 
Downward said:
Skyedriver said:
Believe they were called Comptometer - when I started work in the early 70's there was an office full of ladies using them
Yep I worked at a foundry from 1997 to 1999.One of the old ladies there used one to do the payroll.
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