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what functional old silicon gizmos do you have laying about?

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August 13, 2017, 01:03 PM
joel9507
what functional old silicon gizmos do you have laying about?
quote:
Originally posted by Appliance Brad:
IBM PS/1 486 processor. Little tank, I've though about pitching it but what a little beast. It had the best keyboard and mouse I've ever owned.

I think there are adapters that would let you use those on newer machines, if you ever do retire the box itself.
August 13, 2017, 03:39 PM
4x5
I've got a couple of old Commodore 64's in a box in the garage, and a 30 year old HP32 scientific calculator. It's my go-to calculator - after using it for so long, I can't go back to algebraic.

Oh, a couple of years ago I got my family's old Atari 2600 from about 1981. I fired it up and played Asteroids, and my kids were *not* impressed.


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August 13, 2017, 03:41 PM
flesheatingvirus
256Mb thumb drive


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August 13, 2017, 04:37 PM
flashguy
quote:
Originally posted by 4x5:
I've got a couple of old Commodore 64's in a box in the garage, and a 30 year old HP32 scientific calculator. It's my go-to calculator - after using it for so long, I can't go back to algebraic.

Oh, a couple of years ago I got my family's old Atari 2600 from about 1981. I fired it up and played Asteroids, and my kids were *not* impressed.
So, take away all their electronic toys, unplug the TV and computer, and tell them to play board games and go outside for a week--let them know what it was like in your childhood. They might then realize what a revelation it was to have the Atari back then.

flashguy (and yes, I grew up before there was TV)



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August 13, 2017, 08:59 PM
sjtill
Apple II, 1979; Original Macintosh, 1984


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August 13, 2017, 09:06 PM
g8rforester
I have a Palm T/X laying around somewhere in my office. Played A LOT of solitaire on that sumbitch.
August 14, 2017, 07:53 AM
Webley Green
We recently unearthed my wife's 386SX Compu-add lap top. It replaced our desk top that had the upgraded memory 1 Meg of RAM. 'More than we could ever need' or so we told.

We ate ramin noodles and liver burgers to afford the 100 bucks a calculator cost in 1973 we attended grad school. Sigh.

We thought our web-tv and dial up was great when we found out about the internet.

O the times they are a changin'.