HACKr - Would be interesting to see a mfg date on that unit. You probably have some cartridges, too. Funny, but lots of people still have an 8-Track; even AMCNUT has confessed. We just can’t give them up.
tfed - yes, maybe, but that’s another subject altogether. TBH - I prefer analog sometimes - especially when playing playing 19th Century music played on 19th Century musical instruments, that’s been recorded analog.
grrlpurple - Cruel. Being kept in the dark, and when you’re in good working order, too, isn’t very nice. Actually - that might be worth something - retro-collectors are always on the lookout for stuff like that. Same goes for you, Xenn, unless you want to hang on to your Sega. I still have my NES decks, and all associated paraphenelia. (No, that’s not Latin!)
bevo - pics of those TVs, if possible. 1 pic = 1000 words.
tlowr - you know some of those older things need love therapy now and then. Find them!
Murcie_LP640, Moglet, Disinfected, Dennisch - thanks for your contributions. I’m glad you didn’t see this as another schoolboy pissing contest; the purpose was, again, to make us think - what do I have, and what do I use, and why. Younger folk living alone, or independent would usually have newer stuff, though sometimes they would have stuff that’s older than them! Not unusual. Take Cody’s headphones, for instance. They look so comfortable that anyone trying to take those away from him would probably get a good earful. We tend to get attached to stuff. And it gets old. And new stuff comes along, all gung-ho, and look-at-me-I’m-trendy, etc, but we would still go with what works, what we trust, and it’s okay, thanks. But, this is not to say you are not dependent in some way on electrical items that are old. Maybe that new fridge is plugged into a 50-year-old socket (though there may be resistance to considering a plug-point a ’working’ piece of electronics). And older homes can have electrical metering systems that go back many decades. These things are not perishables. They just go on and on and on . . . and quite often even modern technology doesn’t make them obsolete - they still do the job. But, also, interestingly enough, I’ve come scross people (though mostly younger folk) who wouldn’t touch anything that’s over 10 years old!
F1GTR - now that you brought cameras into the pic - here are my twin, trusty, Canon AE -1s - both from the 80’s - and still working fine. Great for Cibachrome slides.
wfooshee - Oh! yes, by all means, bring the electric items here, too - I’m looking forward to seeing a Les Paul from the 40’s!
