Old tech found in drawers...

[anonymous-user]

A quick root around in the chest of drawers - and all in working order!


An iRiver iHP-120 - more capable than the equivalent iPod of the same era.


A Seiko MC-2200 Pocket Computer with printer and microcassette recorder - an Epson clone.


A Canon Canonet QL17 G-III 35mm rangefinder.


A Commodore Business Machines SR 7919 - my first calculator, still capable of spelling 'hello'



How time flies....!

[Finlandia]

280E said:

A quick root around in the chest of drawers - and all in working order!


An iRiver iHP-120 - more capable than the equivalent iPod of the same era.

Those are rather dear nowadays.

[Tonsko]

What's the going rate? I flogged my H320 a few years ago for nearly as much as it cost - the mrs wants to sell hers. Are they appreciating?

[wildcat45]

280E said:

A quick root around in the chest of drawers - and all in working order!

[url][img]http://thumbsnap.com

A Commodore Business Machines SR 7919 - my first calculator, still capable of spelling 'hello'



How time flies....!

I have what I suspect is an even older Commodore calculator, it's away in a box in the attic I suspect and was my Dads. He bought it in 1975. That makes it pretty old but five years younger than me..

The same case as yours but beige.

Runs on a 9v battery I recall.

I found this image on Google.l



Anyone know what the jack plug is for? Power?

Edited by wildcat45 on Sunday 31st July 09:29

[Finlandia]

Tonsko said:

What's the going rate? I flogged my H320 a few years ago for nearly as much as it cost - the mrs wants to sell hers. Are they appreciating?

There is a mint H120 on the bay now for £180 something, not totally mint ones still go for >£100.

[anonymous-user]

wildcat45 said:

I have what I suspect is an even older Commodore calculator, it's away in a box in the attic I suspect and was my Dads. He bought it in 1975. That makes it pretty old but five years younger than me..

The same case as yours but beige.


Anyone know what the jack plug is for? Power?

Yes, the jack plug is indeed for an AC adapter

I also bought the calculator in 1975, and it was the cheapest 'scientific' model at the time. Just like your Dad's it could also be had in a beige case. A rather endearing feature is the way the display blanks for a couple of seconds when doing its 'scientific' calcs - as though there's a little man inside furiously working away with a pencil and a set of trig or log tables (remember those!).

[wildcat45]

280E said:

Yes, the jack plug is indeed for an AC adapter

I also bought the calculator in 1975, and it was the cheapest 'scientific' model at the time. Just like your Dad's it could also be had in a beige case. A rather endearing feature is the way the display blanks for a couple of seconds when doing its 'scientific' calcs - as though there's a little man inside furiously working away with a pencil and a set of trig or log tables (remember those!).

Yep, remember them and my Texas Instruments calculator at school..

The Commodore still works and when I finish my office at home I think it'll come back into use,

[kellys hero]

wildcat45 said:

280E said:

A quick root around in the chest of drawers - and all in working order!

[url][img]http://thumbsnap.com

A Commodore Business Machines SR 7919 - my first calculator, still capable of spelling 'hello'



How time flies....!

I have what I suspect is an even older Commodore calculator, it's away in a box in the attic I suspect and was my Dads. He bought it in 1975. That makes it pretty old but five years younger than me..

The same case as yours but beige.

Runs on a 9v battery I recall.

I found this image on Google.l



Anyone know what the jack plug is for? Power?

Edited by wildcat45 on Sunday 31st July 09:29

When I was a young lad (mid to late 70's) my grandparents gave me some birthday money and I bought the beige version in Kidderminster, 9v battery and the socket on the side was for a multi power adapter. I recall being halfway home on the M5 and discovering my Grandma had not turned it off and the battery was flat. being only 7 or 8 I was quite upset.

[anonymous-user]

kellys hero said:

When I was a young lad (mid to late 70's) my grandparents gave me some birthday money and I bought the beige version in Kidderminster, 9v battery and the socket on the side was for a multi power adapter. I recall being halfway home on the M5 and discovering my Grandma had not turned it off and the battery was flat. being only 7 or 8 I was quite upset.

Yes, battery life is short - even with a Duracell type. With a 'Flying Bomb' battery, it was even shorter!

[judas]

280E said:

A Seiko MC-2200 Pocket Computer with printer and microcassette recorder - an Epson clone.

It's actually a re-badged Sharp PC-1245 pocket computer and CE-125 printer/micro-cassette unit

[alec.e]

I love old gadget/computers, used to collect them when I was a teenager:
Here is my first ever phone and my first smartphone:


One of my prized IT pieces, a Viglen cased BBC Micro:


Works last time I used it, any idea on value?

[Disastrous]

280E said:

A quick root around in the chest of drawers - and all in working order!




A Canon Canonet QL17 G-III 35mm rangefinder.

Absolutely love these and want one a lot!

[driverrob]

280E said:

A Canon Canonet QL17 G-III 35mm rangefinder.

Rangefinder, you say?
Last time I raided my 'audio' drawer. This time it was the wardrobe cupboard of 'old camera stuff'


which would fit along with this (I still have the flash gun, instructions and assorted lenses):

Not so old is my wife's favourite SLR (with lenses etc):

From about the same era (+box, tapes, charger, leads, spare batteries):

and, finally. Why I kept this when I sold the projector and screen years ago and films are incredibly expensive and hard to find I have no idea:

[Trabi601]

If we're doing cameras... not the real ones, I've pulled photos from the 'net, as I can't be bothered digging them out for pics!

Olympus Trip 35.



Yashica Minister III.



Cosmic Symbol.



Cosmic 35.



Praktica BX20.



Olympus OM1.



Nikon Pronea S.



Canon MV100 miniDV camera.



I'm sure I've missed stuff, too - we have loads of old cameras between us.

The Yashica Minister III is my treasured possession, as it was handed down to me by my dad - it was the camera used on my parents honeymoon.

Edited by Trabi601 on Monday 1st August 10:02

[Huff]

Oh well, if we are taking cameras...

Here's my Yashciamat, somewhat over 50yrs old, still in use with 120 roll film.

I usually use it with the Gossen Sixtomat lightmeter pictured, which was my grandfather's - well over 50yrs old now, bought to support his Braun Paxette 3 and lenses, bought new c.1954 - which I stil have a film in today!



- And here's the Paxette alongside my X100: both a delight to use:

[Zad]

Morningside said:

A very, very small selection of my 160+ calculators.

Jealous like you wouldn't believe



Okay, maybe you would believe... Anyway, here's a selection from my Flickr and Photobucket pages.

Even 8GB is looking decidedly bijou now:

[MissChief]

I have a Game Gear with half a dozen games but it suffers from the very common audio issue where a Capacitor on the board blows and makes the sound virtually silent. Simple fix if you have the time and a soldering iron apparently. No doubt my kids would find it amazing if I ever got it working properly but last time I checked it turned on and played games, just with no sound.

[jas xjr]

JMGS4 said:

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

i used these for years. remember thinking somebody should integrate a phone with one

[Tonsko]

Christ, I remember that Jet Set Willy copy protection. It was a bloody nightmare.

Edited by Tonsko on Monday 1st August 11:15

[jurbie]

I rented a copy of Jet Set Willy from a local shop and then spent the entire weekend copying the colour chart by assigning a number to each colour, I think there were only 4 colours used so it wasn't particularly difficult. I ended up with a sheet of A4 containing a grid with all these 4 digit numbers but it worked rather well.