Old tech found in drawers...
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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..[url][img]http://thumbsnap.com
A Commodore Business Machines SR 7919 - my first calculator, still capable of spelling 'hello'
How time flies....!
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
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 adapterThe same case as yours but beige.
Anyone know what the jack plug is for? Power?
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!).
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..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!).
The Commodore still works and when I finish my office at home I think it'll come back into use,
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..[url][img]http://thumbsnap.com
A Commodore Business Machines SR 7919 - my first calculator, still capable of spelling 'hello'
How time flies....!
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
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!
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:
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.
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
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:
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:
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.
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.
Behold the mighty Nokia 3410! My Lumina 930 needs a new screen (and a battery that lasts more than 30 mins) and my backup phones charging port has detached itself. Remembering an ancient Nokia that I had found a number of years ago, I modified an old micro USB lead and watched the tank of mobiles fire into life!
Less than 30 mins of charging will gives many days use.. original battery too! The ring tone volume could wake the dead, never dropped a call, works perfect, although texting is painful compared to a modern smartphone. I've decided to delay repairing my 930 and use the 3410 as my main phone. I purchased a used windows tablet for when I need to email, use web etc. I wish I still had my old 8800 and 8910i Nokias now instead of letting my then toddler son play with them.
Anyone else use a retro phone? Makes me hate modern phones even more.
;:-)
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