What old tech cant you bear to throw out ?

[eeLee]

I have.....
a Speak n Spell
a Binatone B&W TV game console thing
a Nintento Donkey Kong
a ZX81
a ZX Spectrum
a VIC=20
a C64
a wooden Atari 2600

All boxed bar the Speak n Spell. All seem to work too....!

[IanG1]

My old ACER Aspire One netbook from 2007, I kept it because it runs XP which is the only thing I could get some old Durametric diagnostic software to run on properly but I often boot it from a miniature pen drive using puppy Linux and use it to browse the web, watch youtube etc and despite only 1GB of RAM it runs perfectly and zips along. Often take it away with me as its so compact, battery (not the original though 5 years old) last for hours and I just love it. Sits neatly on the arm of the sofa as well.

[Who me ?]

I spotted the post with the box full of leads. IT/Comms blokes will remember the days when IT stuff used to come with a UK 13A plug on the "kettle " lead and a continental plug. I always kept these ( Continental )along with any odd power lead I picked up. And there's CAT leads .i can't remember where I got them from, but I've got a box of them. Comes in very usefull when I get a shout "DAD/GRAN DAD have you got a lead for this ?"

[princealbert23]

Disco Infiltrator said:

Hardly "tech", but I have of these in the loft.

Ancient Murphy Valve Radio that used to belong to my grandad,

Same here

[Muzzer79]

Boxed, with games and 2 controllers.

I am waiting for it to become a collector's item

[tight fart]

The old radio in my garage, I wasn't using it much and was going to throw it out as I tend to use a Bluetooth speaker for radio or music from my phone. Then spotted one on eBay and they seem to fetch good money now.
So now I use it all the time

Edited by tight fart on Saturday 16th September 07:35

[98elise]

technodup said:

The laptop I'm writing this on. Must be eight years old, Vista OS, can't unplug it or it dies, overheats quite a bit, the power button doesn't work and I've got a USB keyboard over the space where the original one was. I've got a desktop too so nothing is saved on the laptop but despite me expecting it to die any minute it soldiers on.

Choose Asus.

I still use my Samsung NC110 Netbook (running XP) on a regular basis.

[ambuletz]

boxst said:

I have one of these in the loft:



No idea why I keep it and it should just go to the tip.

Don't chuck it in the tip. there are plenty of people out there into old computers. It's worth checking 'the 8 bit guy' on youtube, as he repairs and restores old stuff like that.

[E65Ross]

What a great thread! And one that up until 6 months ago I could have posted loads....but after a search in the loft found loads of stuff and a few nights on eBay I sold an old N64 (with Zelda!!!), PS3, PS2, an iriver H140 mp3 player and a few other bits and bobs.

Vandenberg said:

Loads!, due to the motivational force of an impending house move I have been sorting the garage out and have discovered the following:

6 x laptops
2 x desktop
15 x mobiles
1 x Palm pilot
2 x av amps
2 x av pre amps
1 x record deck
2 x dvd players
3 x cd players
1 x DAC
1 x kenwood mask head unit
4 x desk phones
1 x ansamachine
5 x consoles
2 x 5.1 surround sound speakers
32 assorted speakers from B&W floor standers to homemade bookshelf speakers.

Luckily the new pad has plenty of storage space.

Jesus H Christ! That's some hoarding, sir!

[boxedin]

I filled a skip some years ago of tech stuff; emulators work well enough these days, retropie for example.

The only retained item is an Apple Newton Messagepad.

[ambuletz]

boxedin said:

I filled a skip some years ago of tech stuff; emulators work well enough these days, retropie for example.

The only retained item is an Apple Newton Messagepad.

you threw away games consoles?

[eps]

I used to love Electronics Boutique back in the day, then it got swallowed by Game and what must be about 10 years ago Game then decided to bin all the old consoles and tech they got.. bin!! They'd have a Vextrex now and again or an Atari Jaguar etc...

[robinessex]

These.Meridian m10's Circa 1982, but still sound awesome. Active speakers, just need a need direct feed from pre-amp. Now need a service, as one of the amps for the bass speakers has died. Might need tweeters replacing.

[boxedin]

ambuletz said:

you threw away games consoles?

yup, dreamcast, snes uk / jap, saturn, n64s, gamecubes, ps1s, amigas, xboxes and so on.

de-cluttering its great!

there's comes a point where you have to look at it all and think, why? - when am I ever going to use this stuff. most of it had never left the boxes from previous moves.

[lucido grigio]

I thought PS1s were worth a bit but those on eBay aren't priced very high,last time I looked.
Still got mine,never advanced further than that,also got 2 older consoles that I've forgotten names of.

What was Sonic the hedgehog played on ?

[eps]

lucido grigio said:

I thought PS1s were worth a bit but those on eBay aren't priced very high,last time I looked.
Still got mine,never advanced further than that,also got 2 older consoles that I've forgotten names of.

What was Sonic the hedgehog played on ?

Sonic? Sega, until they stopped making consoles.

[ambuletz]

boxedin said:

ambuletz said:

you threw away games consoles?

yup, dreamcast, snes uk / jap, saturn, n64s, gamecubes, ps1s, amigas, xboxes and so on.

de-cluttering its great!

there's comes a point where you have to look at it all and think, why? - when am I ever going to use this stuff. most of it had never left the boxes from previous moves.

i cannot believe you threw a dreamcast, snes, saturan, N64 and PS1 into a tip! I really can't! a DREAMCAST. you could have quite easily sold these on ebay for a minimum £30-50 a piece and would have gone to good homes.

[ZesPak]

I've been in the process of selling all sorts of stuff online for pennies. Hardly worth it but it's easier to let go of it that way than to throw it away ime.

[lucido grigio]

eps said:

Sonic? Sega, until they stopped making consoles.

Yes,thanks that's it a Sega Megadrive,the other one,even older is an Atari console.

Found it with 20 years of dust on it.

[eps]

ambuletz said:

boxedin said:

ambuletz said:

you threw away games consoles?

yup, dreamcast, snes uk / jap, saturn, n64s, gamecubes, ps1s, amigas, xboxes and so on.

de-cluttering its great!

there's comes a point where you have to look at it all and think, why? - when am I ever going to use this stuff. most of it had never left the boxes from previous moves.

i cannot believe you threw a dreamcast, snes, saturan, N64 and PS1 into a tip! I really can't! a DREAMCAST. you could have quite easily sold these on ebay for a minimum £30-50 a piece and would have gone to good homes.

Seconded!!! I've still got mine somewhere - some excellent, excellent games and the visual memory... (LOL - great idea, terrible execution) Some almost Arcade perfect games on there as well - as it shared much with the Naomi platform (iirc)

Just such a shame it never really took off. It got pincered by Sony and Microsoft I think.