iRiver H320 here.
Using it to record live stuff (excellent recording features, stereo LINE-IN). Even the sound quality is still fucking awesome.
Mine runs on Rockbox firmware like in this Wikipedia pic.
Made in 2004 and still running like a champ.
Might change the battery and mod the 20GB HDD to a compact flash card.
I fucking love this thing.
>>53451944
from the thumbnail and title I thought this was an ATM
>/g/
>not buying new shit every week
I almost want to re-pack the battery.
The MX518
>>53451944
Oh man, I should still have mine around somewhere. Might be a fun project to do those mods you mentioned, but I'd still never use it.
4chan
>>53453707
even though the displays were horrible by today's standards but I kind of miss them. when you don't have to rely on it and just look at it sometimes it looks quite neat in a computer-historical way.
iPod 2 modded for music, iPad1 for my iCade, Nokia N800, various film cameras
>>53453823
Yeah, I don't really miss 640x400, the display's actually pretty crisp though since it's not passively addressed like most others were at the time.
Got two x31 very very cheap with a docking station and extended battery etc
use them as thin clients and love the keyboards on them
My father gave me a Tandy-102 earlier today. Don't know what I'll use it for, but I planned to fuck around with it for the rest of the afternoon.
>>53453727
>tfw the mouse of your choice suddenly becomes a meme mouse and you can't buy some more to be on the safe side because prices shot up
Old GATWAT desktop to run the TV
Athlon 64 X2 3800+
4GB of DDR RAM
Radeon HD 6670 w/ 1GB GDDR5
160GB SATA 1.5 HDD
2x 80GB HDD on UtraDMA/133 and software RAID0
Linksys WRT54G router and accompanying WRT54G PCI adapter in the PC above
Lenovo Thinkpad R61
HP DC7900 workstation
2x old HP laptops with C2Ds
Trying to refurb an HP Proliant ML350 G6 SMB Server. Its got two 4/8 core Xeons, 16GB of ECC memory (up to 288GB), up to 8 SAS drives. Needs a PD board tho, and they're like 80 bucks... :/
>>53454278
I have one. I use it as a dummy terminal for my CentOS home file server. Works pretty well.
I use the Thinkpad T420; this thing is ancient.
>>53454278
I bet THIS... is the hipster writers wet dream right there.
those faggots who whine about being distracted all the time and wanting a "modern day typewriter"
I have a bunch of old iMacs that work were going to throw out. They were some of the first to run 32-bit Intel processors. They still work absolutely fine with a 32-bit linux install, I have one in the bedroom that I use as a plex screen and 2 in the garage in front of the treadmill.
Also a Dell D620, got that for free too.
>>53454303
>Thinkpad T420
>this thing is ancient.
>T420
>ancient
Thanks, now I feel old.
>>53454360
Haha that dog is silly looking! I was just trying to bait one of you in replying to me, looks like it worked! But anyway, I don't think the T420 is old at all. I think it was released in like 2011?? It is considered old by my peres (I'm 20).
>>53452841
Had one of these, best player i ever had but i broke the screen.
my Xperia S
i kinda wanted to get a redmi 3, but my shit still works and im not gonna throw away perfectly fine things
I also have some ancient speakers and monitors that i fixed by replacing a capacitor
>>53454278
That shit looks mint, hang on to it. I believe these still have a reasonably large community as far as old portables go, go look around for some BASIC source code to copy over or use it as a terminal.
>>53454322
I recall journalists loved them way beyond their expiration date because they ran forever on store bought batteries and had an excellent keyboard. It's way better than that freewrite or whatever the fuck it is that's paying shills to make threads about lately, at least.
>>53454388
2011 was half a decade ago, grampa.
Sansa clip
>>53454541
>half a decade ago
Yeah and? That's not a long time. It certaintly doesn't mean something is ancent, even in the context of technology.
>>53451944
Oh fucking god, I thought I was the only one who still had this glorious monster...
My pirate days never felt so good, so many pirated albums, I had over 500 album in that mp3
>>53454569
Yeah it kinda feels odd using it as pure portable audio player now but as I said, loving it to record with it over mic or feeding it some music over the line-in at live-acts
>>53454541
Not sure if troll or serious. But considering a high end gaming system from 2011 still works pretty well today, I'd say 5 years in the arena isnt that ancient.
I have an Apple IIgs from 1986 to fuck around with, that's pretty ancient. Still not PDP/11 ancient though
I still like using diskss for storage
I prefer this over android and WP. These days smartphones are so powerful, why their software is so slow and unreliable?
>>53451944
A Motorola StarTAC, I became tired of my smartphone constantly attentionwhoring with notifications and ditched it.
I now enjoy all-week battery life, better reception and superior durability.
20 honest watts per channel of pure 1974 power. Has a Bluetooth receiver attached now.
>>53455441
how did you activate it with a network?
>>53455645
Its GSM, no need for that bullshit.
>>53455665
cool
>>53455456
I'm so jelly. I lost mine In a move 15 years ago. Best $15 I spent at value village ever. I drove some 15" pioneers that were with it for $5 each.
>>53455456
that shit looks tight as fuck
mad jealous
>>53452841
These kicked ass
>>53455456
how do you attach a bluetooth reciever?
>>53455983
https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=bluetooth+rca
Vaio VGN-UX180P
This thing's awesome, I'm upgrading the HDD to a 64GB SD card temporarily till I get an mSATA adapter that works. I've got an OpenBSD / POSReady 2009 dualboot set up
>>53452841
My dad literally has a drawer full of Creative Zens. Used to be a hobby of his to buy lots of broken ones and piece together functional models
>>53455441
Did you rebuild a battery for it or what?
>>53456001
neat
>>53456051
Is the printing on the Option/Command keys crooked or is it just an illusion due to the shape?
>>53456173
Just an illusion, everything's lined up
>>53456132
Yep, took the cell out of a GoPro Hero 2, its 0.3v higher than the old one but nearly double the capacity.
>>53455665
> no need for that bullshit
How? I'm not familiar with GSM
How do you pay for the service?
>>53456303
You buy a SIM card, and put it into any phone, your operator doesn't have to 'activate' anything.
You can either have a contract (seriously don't do this) or pre-pay your account via your operators website or via a payment card in stores.
>>53456303
any activated SIM could be put in it as long as the carrier has the same GSM bands the phone has
you pay for it like normal
I have this here Canon F-802p scientific calculator from 1985 still in frequent use.
>>53451944
My T23 and my alarm clock from the 70's
I like old floorstanding stereo speakers and still want to get another Sony stereo amp again after the shit I had back in 2003. Sure wish I didn't throw away the amp last year.
Late 70s Marantz 2216B, in service almost every day.
>>53456227
Nice.
I had two CDMA StarTACs back when they weren't outdated yet, but ended up ditching them due to switching to TDMA and eventually GSM. I'd love to have another StarTAC, but there are only a couple rare models that work with USA GSM frequencies (actually only supports just one of the two frequencies used, even), and they seem really hard to get a hold of.
Hell I'd even consider using a MicroTAC if I could get one of those with the right band. I love those things.
>>53456387
Nice. I used a T23 as my primary machine until about a year ago, and also have an alarm clock from the 70s.
>>53456484
Man, love the Marantz and the antenna
>>53454303
take off a zero though
>thinkpad t42, still with stock windows xp professional, a pentium M centrino and 512mb of 333mhz ram
>thinkcentre m50? (not 100% sure on the model), pentium 4, 2gb of ram and ubuntu
I wanna find more thinkpads, im looking at a iSeries 2611-41 on ebay, i just want old ibm shit really.
>>53456618
Thanks fama.
Not electronic, but i recently put my 1934 Westinghouse Master-Aire fan into daily service running ~8 hours through the night. It runs a bit faster than I'd like, though, so I'm keeping an eye out for a good deal on a variable AC transformer to drop the voltage a little from the now-typical 120.
>>53456713
iSeries ThinkPads were made by Acer, they have absolutely atrocious build quality (shit hinges, shit power ports)
>>53456778
would an R52 be any better? similar price, but i wanted that oldschool windows aeshetic, it would come with linux mint and i personally dislike mint, its like a tryhard version of ubuntu
and all i have lying around is a centOS cd anyway, and im not buying CD's in 2016
Best phone ever. Still usable for light browsing and even Google Maps. Excellent camera quality (For 2006 standards). Can hold 8 GB mmc cards (It will show 4 but can access the full 8).
>>53455441
Exactly this. 1-2 weeks battery life. It's impossible to destroy these phones. With no IP protection these things survive a 1400 rpm trip in the laundry machine. A Xperia Z2 doesnt...
Also talking with a 5" glass tablet doesnt feel good. Its almost impossible to get a good smartphone with less size.
>>53456820
>wants to use old hardware
>lol but no CDs, those are ancient
Just shut the fuck up
>>53456844
if i was gonna use oldschool shit for data storage id go with floppies if im going back to muh windoos 95
cd's were a bad concept to me to begin with, theyre not durable and require spinning
>>53456820
R52 is basically just your T42 with a thicker, plastic build.
If you want old IBMs, get the 3-digit series ThinkPads (600, 560, 365, etc.)
>>53456875
>and require spinning
So does almost every non-solid state form of storage
>>53456878
This desu senpai.
>>53456826
Can you install linux on this thing?
>>53456910
Yes, I had Debian on mine.
>>53456904
That thing is fucking cool.
>>53456927
That's awesome. Can you still buy these from like ebay?
>>53453707
Oh shit nigger, ever thought of trying NetBSD on that?
It's compatible, apparently.
>>53456927
This pic always makes me feel comfy.
Wacom Intuos3
About 8 years old now.
>>53456969
>Intuos2
Graphire2 here, going on 15.
Also an ATI RemoteWonder. It's actually amazing, and I'll be sad if it ever breaks.
>>53456051
Tried this thing in a sony store
Iphone was still shiny and new tge I try this with vista and it's literally a desktop in my hands
Then current trends took place and now everything is awful
>>53456943
yes but they aren't always easy to get
>>53456969
>>53457053
Do these Wacom tablets still include a mouse nowadays?
>>53456826
>>53456927
I wish new hardware looked this cool.
We've stepped WAY back.
>>53455367
sony erection had the best fucking designs
>>53457212
No idea, but this one did.
>>53456969
awww shit man I just picked one up and ordered the mouse for it. Love having the mouse and pen.
>>53457212
Arent they now touch capable now. So they are liek oversize touch pads?
>>53456946
I've considered it, but 68k boxes with an FPU/MMU can also run A/UX, which is 100% real System V and way neater.
I always wondered how it would even run, I can't imagine any current versions of even lightweight free software are that suited to be run on a 25 MHz 68030/040 with 8-20 MB of RAM.
>>53451944
I accidentally broke off a surface mount component on mine like a year ago. The battery went bad long before.
Don't keep your lithium polymer ion batteries constantly charged for months at a time.
>>53458098
Just leaving this here.
http://winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini.htm
It seems you need 64 MB RAM to install it. I wonder how this can even work.
>>53458854
>Antz has successful reduced the cpu clock. He only removed the fan of the Overdrive cpu. The fan is power-supported by the cpu, so the cpu can check this and if the fan is missing ,a pentium overdrive will set the multi to one. So the cpu runs of 1x25 MHz instead with 2,5x25 MHz.
That's some shit.
As far as getting it on an unsupported system, most of the time you can just run the installer on another system and then transfer the drive, or simply gimp the system and underclock/remove the RAM after you've completed the install. XP doesn't run the check on boot, just when you're installing it.
>>53458749
*lithium-ion polymer
F=fucking compactflash is stupidly overpriced, glad I held off on buying one until after it broke
>>53457096
We definitely live in a darker time
>>53458098
To be completely honest, it would probably be only useful as a fancy ssh machine, and nothing more.
>>53456749
Is that you vintage bro? You have a ton of 50s-70s tech and furniture? I am following in your foot steps and decking my place out in all vintage stuff. Really inspired with the fan and flip style alarm clock. Current vintage tech is a Kenwood 5200 receiver and Sharp Linytron TV from like 87? Has turn dials so it's ghetto chic as hell. Also some mcm 2 tier nightstands and a console stereo. Gonna live the American Dream.
>>53452841
Came here to post this; muh nigga. Got mine in '06, fucker still works flawlessly to this day. The things are solid as I accidentally slammed it hard in a friend's car door a few years ago and bent it out of shape half way down and fucked up the LCD (white bars across the whole thing but still perfectly legible), but it kept on truckin' just fine. Swapped to a Sansa Clip as my daily driver recently but only because my Zen's 30GB wasn't sufficient for my music library and it was a bit cumbersome to jog with. Only gripe is that it was never successfully rockboxed.
Pic related.
>>53459522
I think it's made mostly with headless/server use in mind. The Classilla dev still uses a IIci with NetBSD/68k as a DNS server, I think.
>>53459686
>Swapped to a Sansa Clip as my daily driver recently but only because my Zen's 30GB
Why didn't you just upgrade the hard drive?
My T41 that I use for moovies and tv shows. Pretty comfy little dude. Also plays dwarf fortress when I have downtime.
>>53459718
Last I looked into it it was quite a fuckaround and I wasn't confident that I'd pull it off successfully. Besides that, as I mentioned, the clip's being incredibly lightweight is a major plus, as is Rockbox. Now that you mention it though I might take on swapping out the Zen's HDD and battery as a project now that I won't be stranded without a player if I fuck it up.
>>53456927
very nice
Too lazy to take my own pic, but I use pic related daily.
>>53454303
>5 year old tech
>old
obvious troll is obvious
Creative vision m, those were great times
AVI, MPEG2, WMV Could handle it all
>>53459879
>vlc
>>53451944
ThinkPad t530
Yamaha R-500: Fuck buying modern "audiophile" amps.
AKG K340: Still a great "warm" headphone, very "forgiving" its also built to last.
Technics SB-X700: Found on the side of the road, fixed for $25 dollars, sounded better than my previous $250 monitors, sell for about $500 in their current condition (like new).
>>53459588
You might be thinking of the guy who has a sweet house full of mid century furniture, because I don't really have any old furniture except for one small bookshelf.
I do have a flip clock, though, as well as that 9" Sony Trinitron TV I've posted on /g/ many times.
too old to like this
>>53457593
>Arent they now touch capable now. So they are liek oversize touch pads?
No, they need a special stylus to work.
>>53466267
It clearly says that the intuous pro features touch capability for gestures. So they removed the mouse and kept the pen thats it.
>>53461208
I wish I still had my blus creative zen
>>53465769
>that shit formfactor
I don't think age can be relative to hate for that piece of shit. How hard was it to make pic related? Perfect form factor with a backlit screen
>>53465132
wow, this is a nice piece of hardware.That wood panel casing makes me salivate
>>53456377
haha, le anciient dinosaur, am I rite???
>>53451944
Not exactly /tg/ material, but I guess it´s still hardware.
I´ve got a blender from the GDR, passed from my girlfriend´s grandma down the family and finally to me because I love cooking.
Looks similar to the one on the picture and it works like a fucking charm. It´s still sharp, too.
>>53451944
Man, iRiver made good shit back in the day. I have a smaller one that I still use for audiobooks and shit.
X200
Pushing 8 years now which I suppose is old for laptop lifecycle standards.
Libreboot + ssd + good wlan card makes this thing ready to use faster than a majority of modern laptops, especially those with windows and hdds. The third party hardware market is strong for this model and it is one of the last chipsets that can be freed in terms of hardware.
My T400. I was lucky to grab one with the 1440x900 screen.
>>53468543
>adding screen protection to a child's toy is a bad thing
Admittedly that square ass shape wasn't always the most comfortabe
Acer Aspire 5315-2698
love this fucking thing
PSP 1001
Hacked and running several emus n shit.
Great stuff.
>>53456927
*Muffled Trance plays in the background*
>>53469192
Nice one family.
Got a 2000 myself, runs every emulator from DS and back, with all the emulation perks, not to say it runs cheating software for PSP/PS1 games itself so if you don't wanna deal with grinding you can just enjoy the old games histories again.
>>53456904
cool af
>>53469136
>Admittedly that square ass shape wasn't always the most comfortabe
Try playing anything but slow paced rpgs on that garbage square. You need the hand size of a small monkey to use that and even then it's horrible.
Realistic SA-1000 and TM-1000 from 1975.
Recently had to take it apart for the first time to clean the Pots. Made some static when turned on, and now it's perfect.
I too have a PSP 1001 with CFW and Junk. I use it for Music in my Car. Battery isn't what it used to be though.
>>53453707
My mother has had one of that, but the screen dies...
>tfw you will never find a t221 for cheap
Fuck me. I'm years late to the corporations that were selling these off so now it's just a rare 'collectors' item
Really wouldn't pay more than 200USD
So there's a remote datalogger we still dial into get the status and history of the level of a river. The microcontrolelr is pretty flexible so I dropped the UART down to 110 baud and this baby dials into it weekly to get me a report of the water level over the past seven days. Records of the connection can be stored to paper tape if necessary.
My model M was made in 1983. I had to build a DIM5 PS/2 connector to connect it to a PS/2 USB connector because the regular PS/2 port wasn't that powerful. Sometimes it doesn't start on boot and i have to disconnect her and reconnect, and others times it stops working. But it's fine. Also i can't ibrenate the PC 'cause the keyboard doesn't support it. But the feel i have writing on it is very good. I find my keyboard in my grandfather's garage and i discovered that was still working. I also find others model M and model F.
>>53469331
Apple had no idea what the fuck QA was in the early '90s.
>Mac IIs blow caps left and right
>PowerBooks have moisture let into their displays that cause them to start turning black around the corners until it spreads and renders them temporarily unusable
>>53469500
And tehy use the s-video port as propritary port of mouse and keyboard and don't planned to make a simple video port. but, you know, now they put only one USB in newer model
>>53469340
i got a bunch of those from my uncle, his office still has a 1200 sq foot garage filled with old computer shit
i once had a 6 monitor setup just like in that pic, that i used for microsoft flight simulator
>>53469557
>i got a bunch of those from my uncle,
Are you sure they weren't just some regular IBM panels. The T220/T221 are 4K panels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_T220/T221_LCD_monitors
![20160312_075905[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/0Mj9aWW.jpg "20160312_075905[1].jpg")
I got my Dreamcast to go online 2 days ago. Apparently there are some people who are still playing Phantasy Star and Quake on there.
Pic related is the line inducer I built.
>>53469555
Was s-video even around in 1986-87 when ADB started shipping?
I have a Thinkpad X60S but I broke the screen two years ago and haven't had interest in replacing the screen. it can get pretty expensive around here and I do not know where to get one. I also can not afford shit at the moment. I also have a DS Lite and PSP 3000 and some shit ass old Technics record player which I am not even sure if it's fully functional (my preamp is shit)
>>53451944
Those are awesome
Got this thing in 2006 back when it was the GOAT MP3 player, with FM radio recording and line-in jack. Plus it had a setting which flashed the backlight to the beat of the sound.
>>53469767
God damn I miss mp3 players
>>53469461
that's some strange deco
>>53469621
I've been wanting to do this but my DC doesn't even have a modem
>>53469820
If you want to buy a DC modem, avoid getting the model B ones. They require a line inducer, while model A's don't.
>>53454069
Freaking beautiful.
>>53469603
yeah I doubt he just connected half a dozen of those just to play flight simulator.
connecting just one is a pain in the but due to the unique design and connection stuff
>>53468556
Yep, it's real walnut veneer on top of birch ply. It's pretty rare to find anything but vinyl on plastic on any flip or LED clock radios.
>>53455441
I'm jelly
>>53470127
>it's real walnut veneer on top of birch ply
Now I have to find one in good condition. That is indeed rare. I miss the days when hardware wasn't made to be disposable garbage
>>53468696
That's a food processor.
>>53468696
I had an air popper my grandparents gave me from the 70s that looked similar to pic. Shit worked like a champ till like 6 months ago when it finally died.
>>53470318
>Air popper
Sorry about your shit taste, anon.
>>53465020
Nice! I'm using this 80's Yamaha setup at the moment, picking up a CX-1000 in a week or two. I love using my Acoustat's at day time and my Stax SR-35 electret headphones in the evening. Using all this on daily basis basically.
>>53469259
WHAT THEME, FAMALAMA?
ipod classic upgraded with 512gb sd card
>>53470210
That thing is ridiculously cool.
![IMG_20160313_192419[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/l8vjA8A.jpg "IMG_20160313_192419[1].jpg")
>>53465769
I still have my SP and Two Game Boy Colors
>>53468543
>>53474217
Mah nigga
>>53474217
I want one so bad. is it half a psp?
>>53474399
what?
Its a Gameboy Micro
had one too years ago and kept it in my car whenever i had to wait
>>53456484
>tfw threw one of these out (not the exact same model) when my family moved in 2009
I had no idea it was of any value, just some old junk
pic related, here it was behind the glass in 2004
>>53474434
I meant half the size of a psp.
Always wanted one because you could leave it around in your backpack, car or whatever.
>>53474443
On a related note, here's the TV that my sister and I used in our common room til about 2006. When we finally upgraded, the damn thing was too big/heavy to get out the door and down the stairs so the old TV became the stand for our new TV
>>53474443
That's quite a shame.
Looking at the button arrangement, I believe it is either a 2238B or 2226B, so a step or two above my 2216B. Worth somewhere in the realm of $200-400 depending on which model and condition, I think, but they may have gone up in value a bit since I last checked.
>>53474501
Nice old TV, but it looks a few years too new to be of significant collector value, so I wouldn't feel too bad if it got junked (not sure if you still have it or not).
>>53474781
Nah we just left it with the house when we moved. Still worked ok at the time. Looking at the old picture made me want to find the exact model so I could date it but I'm having no luck. Any idea about what type it is or at least how old? I think it was a Zenith. Also it was color.
>>53474457
>>53474399
>>53456826
Sexy as fuck modern design like this on a thinkpad pls
>>53475127
>that design
>modern
Anon pls
>>53474823
It can be quite difficult to identify televisions. Back in they day there were a lot of companies that made them in a lot of different styles.
If I recall correctly, rectangular CRT color TV consoles with knob tuners were made from around 1967 through the entire 1970s, and I can't really narrow it down just by looking at it, but I'm quite a curious person and will see if I can happen to find a picture of the same model somewhere.
If it was a Zenith it may have been a Chromacolor II, which were among the best American TVs ever made before the sharp quality decline and outsourcing.
>>53456051
I've got one. They had zero chance because most came installed with Vista which probably for many normies and ENTERPRISE was a deal breaker. Also the advent of smartphones was just around the corner and there were some pretty good PDAs out at the time too (in addition to, you know, laptops). Last but not least the keyboard sucks total cock. I bet if I was otherwise set on getting this thing for release price at a store trying the keyboard would have made me drop it.
Still don't regret getting mine second hand for 130 yuros, it's just too cool.
>>53472387
this looks so comfy..
>>53476139
>mac
>comfy
>>53475637
Pretty sure I found it. The wood trim is slightly different but the one I found online looks almost identical to a Sylvania GT Matic circa 1973.
This eBay link has a high res image of a magazine ad for it but I don't know how to save it in full res. Could anybody help me out and grab the image for me?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-GTE-Sylvania-GT-Matic-Self-Adjusting-Color-TV-Magazine-Print-Ad-/390619356900
>>53476449
Literally right click -> view/save image
>>53476481
My browser (Chrome) only gives the option to save the link, not the image.
But thanks tho.
>>53476625
Well I'm retarded. Didn't realize you click an eBay image to view full size. I thought they only did the hover-zoom thing.
i have an ipod classic that i still use. looking to upgrade to 512GB with one of these adapters.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/272168998147?
anyone ever use one?
>>53476449
Awesome.
1973 was getting to the tail end of truly American-made TVs, the early days of rectangular color CRTs and fully transistorized chassis. The fact that it served until at least 2006 is testament to the days when transistorization and simplification was actually intended to increase longevity rather than just reduce costs. If it never saw any repairs whatsoever it would be up there with the most reliable TVs in history with over three decades of use.
>>53451944
I still use my PSP every day as a media player.
Lasts like all day using hold.prx (slows the CPU down heavily when the screen is off and fixes the PSP2000's hilariously faulty hold switch by making you push it all the way up when leaving hold, which also stops you from putting it to sleep right out of hold on accident).
it's probably the oldest tech I use regularly
video playback isn't the nicest (and , and I should probably use my phone for that, but I don't feel like having my phone battery go down so much
oh, and games, but I've been playing less and less on it, I'll probably just pop in Crazy Taxi when I need to blow through like 10-15 minutes
>>53458098
>any unix at all on it
you're 100% better off with System 6 or 7 (probably System 6, shit's fast as fuck, most of the software that'd run nicely on a machine of that speed is 6 compatible anyway, even if 7 is much nicer to use overall)
I want to get an old Mac laptop to fuck around with, but I haven't been able to justify it to myself, not even as a fun side project.
like, I have the money, but I keep thinking "man, I'll spend it on something actually useful"
[spoiler]and then spend my money by eating out, goddamnit[/spoiler]
>>53461208
only thing that was better than this was my brothers Archos 605.
that was truly ahead of its time
>touchscreen 4.3in screen
>wifi
>internet browser (maybe with flash)
>dvr recording capabilities thru the docking station inputs
>built in NAS software. (turns player into a wifi server)
>5.1 surround out (through docking station)
it did everything you could ever want in a media player and that was back in 2007 or 08.
>if you didnt want to carry that giant docking station, there was a smaller docking station. the portable station was about .5in X .5in X 4in. A/V output jack, usb input (recharging/pc connection), usb output(standard usb connection). full usb port was great at transferring files between the device and usb sticks. i miss that sob. screen died. 100$ to replace. i ended up taking the hard drive out.
>>53476915
I don't know about its first 20 years but I know it didn't have any repairs for it's last 15 years of service. After it was placed upstairs, the hassle of moving it plus the cost of repairing it would have been retarded compared to just buying a new TV. Even when we did buy a new TV, it wasn't because it was broken, only that CRTs were pretty cheap and my parents thought it was time for an upgrade.
Only problem I ever had was when the picture would randomly shrink to an inch or less tall. We would bang on the side to fix it but much later I learned there were dials hidden on the back that when twisted would fix the height problem permanently.
I wish we had kept it just for old time's sake
>tfw staying up late to watch Cartoon Cartoon Fridays on it or playing Super Mario 64
I really wish I still had my iRiver h10. Had rockbox installed on it and loved it.
>>53456826
I have one of these too
~8mhz 80186, msdos 5, 20+ hrs with 2 AAs. does irc, lynx, ms word, telnet(ssh thru router), wget, ftp, oldass roguelikes, packet radio/aprs, gps with serial module
I wish we still lived in the golden age of consumer electronics where things were manufactured with quality and longevity in mind.
These days things are made with the consumer upgrade lifecycle that dictates them to be cheap disposable shit that is meant to last 2 years.
>>53477990
Apple hardware still feel like they're built to last for normal daily wear and tear but its the fucking software that makes them complete crap.
>>53478311
not exactly. Apple hardware is not serviceable and is made to last at most two update cycles in all my experience with them. The best way to own an Apple product is to actually take advantage of the high resale value and upgrade every refresh after selling.
>>53478381
The one thing they definitely do get right is battery durability, my 2011 Macbook Air has clocked 1382 charge cycles and it still holds 73% the full capacity, so around 5-6 hours of battery life. But fucking hell Yosemite just ruined OS X for me and El Capitan did jack shit to improve anything, even after fresh installs and all that power management shit.
>>53456904
>>53469461
>An actual fucking teletype
I approve.
>>53477971
did you nigger rig that thing into a router?
>>53478442
My PowerBook G4 battery has 64% capacity and it's old as shit. I can't believe it still even holds a charge.
>>53477971
can someone explain the devices attached to this? i got a toshiba satellite with dos 7.1 i want to use on WPA-2 encrypted networks. I've already got it working over WEP
>>53477990
part of it could be people don't by machines in stores as much. when plebs purchase online they mostly look at specs, not build quality
>>53479621
that's a part of it. The main thing is that the industry realized that consumers prefer to buy garbage every few cycles as opposed to buying one good thing for a longer period. They are happier when they buy more often and prefer it over having quality for longer periods
>>53463482
what do you want me to use
>>53469144
had on kept shutting down because of over heating
>>53479834
not him but mpc-hc and madvr bitch ass nigga
>>53478476
what in cunt's fuck is that thing?
>>53479987
Photoshopped MacBook Airs
>>53479294
Network adapter cable -> ethernet -> 3G router with battery pack or storage attached to it via usb.
A got a old bang & olufsen biocenter 1000 sound quality is great it was made in 1990
>>53456826
This was the laptop I was given when I intended at Microsoft back in 96. I spent many hours working in Visual C++ 4.0 on some features for Excel 97. Good times. Makes me laugh when people moan about working on 1366x768 15" laptops. I would have fucking loved that!
>>53482594
fucking autocorrect. interned not intended.
A Gateaay EV700 crt from July 1997 serves as my primary monitor. It runs at 1368x1024 65Hz, though I've tested it to 1500x1125 60Hz.
>pic related
I also have a 1988 IBM Model M 122-key terminal kb I plan to use which is coming in on Thursday and a 1993 101-key M that needs a new barrel plate.
I presume X58 would be too new to call old.
>>53451944
I still have an iphone 5.
>>53451944
Holy fuck i had one of those back in the day. Flashed it with korean firmware for video playback.
That thing was tits.
>>53456832
I had this phone. It was fucking amazing. Ultimately I replaced it with a Motorola Defy, but my heart broke a little. Great camera, reliable and robust... I remember making my custom themes and browsing porn on it.
>>53482643
>Buying overpriced Model Ms to impress /g/ with
>>53482643
What's the obsession with ancient model Ms when you can still buy buckling springs keyboards new?
>>53453727
I use an MX500 mouse. Absolute best Logitech mouse line ever
>>53469621
>Apparently there are some people who are still playing Phantasy Star
HOLY SHIT! I gave up on this because I thought there was no one, but now I really need to get to it. Any guides how to?
this bad boy
the jack connector is a bit loose and cant find a way to open it, been thinking about replacing it but i dont have the heart
>>53454303
diggi, wie viel hast du bezahlt dafür?
>>53483896
look into bridging your ethernet connection to the phone jack on your desktop and plug in your Dreamcast
>>53452841
>>53456051
Had a few Creative players back in the day but the build and sound quality wasn't that great desu, my favorite audio player (design wise) is still the early network walkman with the pressure tilt and replaceable AAA battery
>>53456832
would've been gold if it had wifi/gps
>>53484573
>diggi
Verdammte Normalschwuchteln, verficket euch von meinem Brett!
>>53482643
i like CRT's color accuracy, sadly they fuck my eyes so bad.
i can't stare at one for more than few hours without having a terrible head ache
>>53484855
Sony always has these little gems that get re-designed because they were not marketed properly, in their mind the network walkman was a design failure because it went up against the shuffle and lost horribly
The later stick variant of the walkman which tries to imitate the shuffle sucks balls whereas this still looks futuristic
>>53478381
It's a shame because Apple hardware used to last forever. My Power Macintosh 7500 is still running without a hitch more than 20 years later. The only issue it ever had was not even its fault; some moron moving it into my university dorm room smacked the case against a railing and cracked it. Got a donor shell from a beige G3 and all was well again.
Even my 2007 iMac runs pretty well, but it's way less serviceable. When the hard drive died I had to buy industrial suction cups to remove the screen and get at the internals. But even this is more serviceable than the modern equivalent. And it's lasted considerably longer than my friends' Macbooks.
>>53482987
Not him but I got my Model M pretty cheap, $20 off Kijiji back in 2011. A new buckling spring board will set you back at least $100. I kind of agree that you'd need to be an idiot to pay more than $50 for a Model M.
>>53476139
Thanks!
>>53476196
Bought it for photo-related stuff since I'm a professional photographer.
>>53485246
>When the hard drive died I had to buy industrial suction cups to remove the screen and get at the internals
I just popped an SSD in my iMac a few weeks ago, strip of masking tape across the glass is all it takes. Cool part is that it's all upgradeable, socketed CPU, MXM GPU, etc. I was expecting especially the GPU to be soldered
>>53482987
The build quality of older Ms tends to be quite high compared to the Unicomp ones, which tend to use shit plastic with blemishes everywhere. The feel's the same though, and I only paid $45 for the 93 one. The 88 one is free courtesy of a friend.
I use a Mamiya RZ67 as my primary camera. Unironically.
It's hard to get the same quality in digital without fancy footwork in Photoshop. The only downside is that the price of film has escalated so much in recent years. 15 rolls is now more than $70.
>>53469259
what theme?
>>53455456
I have the exact same one...it was my father's
well done
>>53469461
Wow, that's really cool. You win the thread.
>>53479853
that's odd, never happened with me. Did you try repasting?
>>53478589
>>53479294
TL-WR703N running openwrt as a client. a good way to get old computers with ethernet onto encrypted wifi
another good mini router is the GL-AR150. same size, more ram/flash, extra ethernet port
>>53456405
does sony even make stereo amps
>>53455456
My Dad used to have this one, I remember playing with the tuner nob when I was a kid. It felt so smooth. I kind of want one now because it felt so damn good.
I must have been 3 or 4. That was 22 years ago lol.
>>53455367
>>53455441
>>53456832
wow! you don't have a smart phone? you are such an unique and interesting person! fuck the mainstream!
>>53474217
is it possible to emulate nes games on this?
>>53489932
Yes
>>53485692
>It's hard to get the same quality in digital without fancy footwork in Photoshop.
lol hipster pls go.
any decent dslr can do the trick and save you tons of money and time.
just admit you are a gear fapper and enjoy to use that shit and enjoy being seen using that shit and look sophisticated.
Well... at least until i had to rip out the bricked hdd. Kappa.
>>53488338
Why would a company focused on A/V equipment not make A/V equipment?
>>53472387
That fuckin bamboo/vimini chair. Just throw it into garbage.
>>53484945
Nicht er, aber was ist dein Problem mit Diggi? Kommst du etwa aus Bayern?
>>53490236
Post a picture of your chair so I can tell you to throw it out
>>53490020
Do you only have four toes on your feet?
>>53451944
I wanted to get a pic of your mom, but she's too fat to get in one shot.
what a beautiful thread.
anyone owns a pair of tandy 40s?
found some cheap and they look quite nice
>>53489840
I had a moto g but I sold it.
If you like 1 day battery life and laggy systems with slow internet browsers(or less laggy smart phones for a laptop's price) then good for you
>>53490319
nigga, it's just cut off. Calm down.
>>53477990
what model is that anon?
It has a really nice speaker built into it
>>53494562
You running Mac OS X or something else?
>>53494601
OS X Tiger for now, thinking of turning it into a server eventually. For now it's just a glorified boombox and chess machine.
>>53494757
Nice, I've got a PowerMac G5 server right now and a G4 that just needs a heatsink
>>53469461
what river?
>>53494792
I love the sound G5's make when they turn on, like a car revving it's engine.
>>53495139
I've got to recalibrate mine, I swapped the CPUs and it threw off the thermal profile so it's currently attempting to take off 24/7
>>53495264
That's gotta be a doozy.
>>53494562
I always wondered if those were worth a shit, my Sawtooth G4 speaker is kind of shitty.
>Old threads you still use and like
Holy fuck, I seriously thought this thread died 2 days ago.
Unreal to suddenly see it in the catalog.
I approve of it though.
>>53494562
>applel shit
>good at anything
pick one
>>53496560
XD!
if we were still on reddit id upvote you senpai, i've never seen that one before!
>>>/v/
