Technology usually ages like milk. But sometimes a piece of tech can serve it's function for decades. I'm interested in what pieces of tech are still running around you that may have originally came out in 2013 or earlier. Bonus if it's older than Bitcoin!
Here's what I'm still sporting:
- Vmoda Crossfade LP headphones link - they're still making these but I bought my pair used on eBay in 2013 and they're still my daily drivers.
- TP Link 48port Gigabit network switch - this switch was top notch in 2012 but it's starting to show its age because most of my servers in the rack have 2.5Gb/s Ethernet ports. But it still does the job even if it's the bottleneck in my LAN.
- Xbox 360 - I still use a modded/jailbroken Xbox 360 for living room entertainment. This particular console was made in 2011. Xbox 360 was notorious for red-ring-of-death but this one is still going strong after 12-years! The latest elder scrolls and GTA games are still playable on the 360 which is crazy
- IBM Model M keyboard - 1984 - These keyboards are still highly sought after in the mechanical keyboard community and I have one on my workstation desktop
Your turn! What old tech are you refusing to upgrade? Doesn't count if it's just sitting on a shelf. Actually need to use it almost daily!
Bitcoin
My Sony home theatre. No need to change it.
Oh yeah, speaker systems age really well
Don't forget SSH and the linux kernel. Maybe even emacs as long as it is in "evil" mode.
Timeless tech stack. What's your most played on PS3?
Probably Call of Duty: World at War when I first got it and Skyrim as the last game I bought 😁
My oldest gadget is around 20 years old, its a Sony Minidisc https://i.postimg.cc/gknck2MF/Screen-Shot-2023-06-26-at-4-35-43-pm.png I used connected to a pair of small speakers and its still works great
Sony RX100 rev. III camera, purchased in 2014. Best camera I’ve ever owned. Now I think they are in rev. VI or VII, and I wish they would change the micro USB charging port to USB-C. Nowadays I use it less because cameras on mobile phones have become better, but still a great camera.
Bose SoundLink Mini portable speaker from 2013 I think. Great speaker and it has stereo sound. Now I cannot find in the market any portable speaker with stereo sound, they’re all mono.
Best hack for those old ports is upgrading it with something like https://thelastcable.co
These things are great! They do charge slower than normal. You can feel the inefficiency as they get warm after a while too.
Camera and audio drivers, nice! I'm sensing a theme here
I still have a Macbook Pro I bought 10 years ago(it's been running Linux for 8 of those years). It has Fedora 38 on it now and it still runs great. Serves OK as a backup laptop if I ever need it.
I have a Lenovo laptop these days. Much better to type on IMO.
Love old macs! Especially the ones with upgradable HDD and RAM
if you also include software:
Pornhub has 13 years about
But it doesn't look the same as 13 years ago. A lot more high res content for starters ;)
Obviously a joke :)
but yeh now I'm serious and really thought about your question.
I'm not sure if you can consider it like technology but I retain when you disrupt your industry with a new thing , doesn't mean it has to be made by chip or CPU or RAM , I mean , when its disruptive so much ,that's a new technology.
This came out in 89' and I'm pretty sure many people still love it and its never changed from.
And this technology is a AIR from Nike AIR Max.
So it's basically just "thin air" revolutionised an entire industry.. :)
Bash! I love it. I use it everyday.
Yeah, but software gets updated. Git had a vulnerability earlier this year for instance. So not the same IMO unless you're running a 10yo version of the code.
iPod 160gb classic, also have my stacker Lnurl so I can get zaps
computer asus ux32vd bought 09/2012 using it as a tv box to run video vlc, lifestream sports, downloading torrents the speed is good because it has an old nvidia graphics processor
old wireless keyboard logitech bought in switzerland 2003 where it was made very good keyboard for controlling the computer connected by hdmi to a tv
still using a canon eos 30d slr from 2004. it makes great pictures with different leses, much better than any spiphone.
as a backup for my sony action cam i still use an ion action cam (720p) bought 2013. the sony action cam is still the best action cam out there used by many bloggers with millions of views. but it is only 7 years old
Still occasionally using a Samsung phone from 2012. And with virtually no apps installed, it still has decent battery life.
HP Engineering/Scientific Calculator (way older than 10 years)...
I have an Sony digital walkman / MP3 player from like 2013 that I still use to avoid draining my phone battery when listening to podcasts and music. Drag and drop ftw
Yes I hate iPods because the UX sucks so hard.
A wired apple keyboard from 2007.
It's all been downhill since 😂(introduced 1999)
I still have my Minolta X300 reflex camera with a 28-70mm Tamron objective which I bought around 1985 as a teenager. I use it not often but when I use it I become melancholic because it reminds me of the good old days when we were free (no social media, no surveillance state). I grew up in West-Germany.
One thing old tech does better than new tech: nostalgia factor
amazing your 360 hasnt succumbed to the red rings of death.
tis the golden xbox!
2006 7th gen Honda Accord.
If your car is newer than Bitcoin, you are short BTC!
Having a car is short BTC, use a bicycle
😂
True. But car saves time. Time is money. Money is Bitcoin. Makes sense to car for some. But new car is def short.
You suggest, for example, regularly driving ~200 km to countryside with bicycle?
Of course not. I'm suggesting to sell the bicycle for BTC and go walking!
No man, it's a joke. I'm not Darthcoin. Keep your car, it's a good one.
My Car. It's 2005 made. Still running like a dream.
IYKYK https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/811Gld6t6qL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg
Wow. That's a throwback. Spinning the jack around and looping the cable around just to get the connection to work. Never expected to see one of those pop up here.
Me too !
Indoor plumbing
LMAO pretty sure my pipes are 60+ years old
Vim, git, and to many unix tools to name.
Having a fiat bank account
Specifically: Sony RX100 camera bought 2013 Nintendo 3DS bought 2012 Other Nintendo systems are old enough to be ‘retro’ and pretty bombproof although I only use them occasionally.
I also have an RX100 (rev. III) camera from 2014 and it’s great.
Very temped by an upgrade to a vii at the moment..
I saw it and I think it still has micro USB. I’ll wait until they make it with USB-C.
Yeah - that’s a good call. Although I have a few micro USB devices kicking around already!
GoPro Hero3 Silver from 2012. Still great for time lapses.
good question, i honestly don’t think i regularly use any electronics that i’ve had for more than 10 years.
i’m a few years into using my dslr camera and it will probably age the best out of all my devices.
Still a pretty big fan of the wheel. I think they nailed it with their choice of the circle shape... time will tell if it's as robust of a design as Bitcoin.
This wheel also works
And this one too:
https://static.designboom.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/the-q-icycle-bike-saw-blade-tires-designboom-001.jpg
IDK some engineers at NASA may have invented the next wheel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSNtifE0Z2Q time will tell if this wheel is a shitcoin
I wish everything were designed to withstand the rigors of space missions.
Sir, your Honda Civic now cost $3.7m
No problem. Will you take an out-of-state, third-party, bad check?
Depends, will you trust us to subcontract this to Boeing?
YouTube is a shitcoin. Too many ads. CCP affiliates.
Good technology actually ages like fine wine. Everything we use today was once cutting edge technology. Let’s start with your light bulb, your flush toilet, the stove you cook on, your refrigerator, the mattress you sleep on, or everything else that help you live the way you live in a modern lifestyle. Might be a good idea to define “technology” and let people know what you’re looking for.
From the looks of your examples, it seems you’re looking for electronics tech. I have a Big Jambox bluetooth speaker that I still use to play music. That thing is probably around 10 or 11 years old and still running strong. Also, my Nintendo DS Lite got a revival lately because I started letting my kids play Brain Age on it. They would get their stamp each day playing 1 or 2 mini-game. That thing is probably over 15 years old and still good as new.
Even the light bulb aged poorly IMO. Just in my lifetime, there have been huge energy efficiency improvements going from nickel wire conductors in a vacuum to florescent tubes, to LEDs. Sure the "tech" of converting electricity to photons hasn't changed. But each generation was a step function improvement.
Memory Foam mattresses are relatively new and are way more efficient to transport and store compared to wire springs. Likewise with flush toilets and water consumption. Stoves might be the only thing you mentioned that haven't had a step function upgrade in recent decades.
Consider getting a FlashCart for the DS, can load it with ROMs on a SD card and have the entire DS catalog on demand.
But you’re still flushing that damn toilet multiple times a day I bet. Such a waste of fresh water, yet such a luxury to be able to shit in your home and not stink up the whole place.
The R4 was the first thing I bought after getting the DS. Never spent a dime on games lol.
Paying for content is sooo last decade. But here's some sats lol
I don't know if this is true or not, but I have a DIY electric car book by Michael Hackelman(sp?), in which he claims that putting a diode on a light bulb will increase it's lifespan, greatly or indefinitely. Never tested that, but I would love to know if it were true.
The electronics in a car already runs on direct current (DC) sourced from the 12V battery and doesn’t need diodes. All the diode does is pass through the current when the circuit gets turned on. I don’t see how it would extend the lifespan of any bulb. But I guess you can always try to test it out if you want to find out?
Yeah, it didn't make much sense to me, either. The book was from mother earth news in the 70s or 80s, so take from that what you will. It did have a lot of very good, field tested factual information about electric motors and batteries for diy electric cars, so I'll forgive him for printing an old wives tale. He had a pretty good book on wind mills and spinners as well, which is of course a related field.
I think the "proof" he used for his diode theory was something like this. But I seem to remember it being an Edison bulb he was talking about, and he claimed that only using DC was why the bulb lasted so long. Silly theory, I know. Which is why I never looked into it.
Oh wait, I misread your original comment and thought you were talking about regular cars. These DIY electric cars, do they run on batteries? If so, what type?
Regarding the diode theory, it might have some merit if the bulb was connected to an alternating current (AC) circuit, which most electric grids run on. The diode would only allow 1 phase of the AC to pass through and filter out the opposite phase, causing the bulb to turn on and off very quickly. For North American grids where we run 60Hz AC, that's about 8.3ms (1/60/2=0.0083) on and 8.3ms off; fast enough for the naked eye to not notice the flicker. As such, it keeps the bulb off for half of the time than if it was full AC passing through it, which might reduce the amount of heat produced and might help prolong the bulb's lifespan. Again, just pure theory, have not tested it, so I might be wrong.
But if those DIY electric cars run on DC batteries, I really don't see how adding a diode to the circuit would help prolong the lifespan of the bulb, whether it's tungsten bulb or not.
Yes. He was talking about AC. And his reasoning was basically what you just described. Been about 20 years since I read the book, though, so my memory is fuzzy, at best.
My 30GB USB key, Corsair. And external HDDs I got from my parents, I would say more than 10 years ago. Besides storage I forgot when I bought my Raspberry pi 3 but it is still around, just now i use more the 4. Until this year I also had my shaver I bought before Bitcoin existed, had it for around 18 years.
Yoooo I forgot about USBs. Still have my first one ever, an 8GB SanDisk it cost like $40 at the time. It was run over by a car after it fell in the driveway. Case was shattered but I wrapped the PCB in electrical tape and still use it to flash OS images.
Amazing, I didn't it could resist a car! Was it a metal case? Yeah, I remember professor of Geography who had a 8 GB key, I was astonished at the time by so much room for storage, haha.
Sorry for the words I forgot, I am testing a new keyboard on Android.
tcp/ip
TCP spec got a 2022 update tho: https://rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9293.html
But I feel ya.
Digital kitchen scale. Every single damn morning for my coffee.
A Panasonic Plasma TV. Still the best display type in my opinion.
Discussed in a similar thread but my Sony Walkman MP3 Player. It has a custom firmware (Rockbox) so I can listen to more music formats, remove the volume limit and play Doom on it.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZYGVKzWx/IMG-20230417-222102-890.jpg
Now, this is peak performance!
Thinkpad T420. I use it together with Unified Remote to watch movies or just general chill on the couch and consume some Internet stuff now. It also has a DVD player which is still very handy if you want to rent a movie from the (still existing) video stores or have bought a whole series as DVDs. It also automatically ejects any DVD before powering off using a poweroff hook.
Only thing that's missing is a remote power control so I don't have to unplug and plug it back in to power it on (lid is always closed). I was thinking about using Wake on LAN but so far I settled on a BIOS setting where the laptop is automatically powered on if it detects power.
https://i.redd.it/oxgq1syb5a171.jpg
lol I had to blow air through my nose
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Bruh, get on zero. Jk lol
USD cash.
Most of the Benjamins got upgraded in 2017, but it's still common to find a crinkly Washington or Lincoln from 10+ years ago
Pre-2013 Macs re-purposed as Linux machines..
Internet
Bitcoin and blockchain technology.
Kindle Touch from 2011
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I still regularly play Legend Zelda on my Nintendo Wii. The resolution is not that good but can say still playable for small monitor like 32" tv.
This laptop I'm typing on, HP Probook 4530s with the new fan inside that I'd replaced after the original sounded like a prop airplane and the bent up keyboard that I mangled whilst repairing that fan inside. The laptop got me through grad school, can but struggles mightily to run Windows 10, and does much better running Linux Mint, like right now.
And, WoaS (Wiki on a Stick), version 12 "woas-fix.html". It's a self-modifying html file, in other words, an html file that is its own wiki and can change itself.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/stickwiki/files/woas/0.12.0/
The internet, it's older than me.
The hardware running my bitcoin node minus a couple of new harddrives. 😬
PS3
Black Ops 1 & 2
My car
my 50 year old altec lansing floor speakers.... plugged into my tower. : ) over 1/8" >> rca
On the way to work I use my ipod 7 (or whichever was the last one they made) every day.
All of my computer cases and monitors came from thrift stores. I like the Dell monitors because they have a quick-connect bracket on the back of them so you can switch out the stands/mod them if you want.
Cannon mp210. Just got a new ink cart for it the other day. Works great. I think I had to download a linux driver called Gutenberg, which isn't maintained, so probably a security risk, but aside from that I see no reason to upgrade.
Practically every tool in my workshop. I get a lot of use out of a ratcheting brace I found at an antique store. Here's a video: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs8iVlPJc5v/ but feel free to ignore that, because I hate instagram and only started using it so I could get a table at a local art show.
TVs, furniture, cookware, my truck... I think it might be faster to list the tech I use which isn't older than 10 years. And now that I say it, I'm completely drawing a blank.
Edit: almost forgot my modded IBM SSK. Been using that little beauty since before a time when it needed modding.
I would like to share a software which is infamous, Windows.
I'm still using Macbook Pro 2012 as I type this
Pretty much everything! I have an old HP HP_260_G1_Desktop_Mini_PC still going strong, and a HP_260_G1_Desktop_Mini_PC The desktop I bought new for 300 euros and the laptop was a refurb for about the same price. Apparently it was about 1400 dollars when new. Both running linux mint. I keep thinking about moving to debian now that I am familiar wiht linux, but mint works fine so why bother?
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