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12 outdated technologies that refuse to die - discuss and how many do you use?

GordonW said:
I was rather surprised that it died. I've even accidentally run flash driver through the laundry- and as long as they're thoroughly dried out before using (which was definitely the case with the last one I found in the laundry, since I found it in the DRYER), they've all seemed to work just fine afterward. They're pretty rugged- but I have had two that have bitten the bullet over the years, and one more that I suspect is getting flaky (my car stereo will hang up once in a while trying to read it, but if you remove and reinstall it, it will start reading again). Given how many I've used, that's still a pretty small proportion.

Regards,
Gordon.
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Something I do, that seems to make preventive issues sense with plugging in external signal connection devices to computers, is to briefly touch the external devices plug`s outer connecter`s shell to the computer next to the port to discharge/relax any static charge voltage differential that may possibly have built up between the device and the computer from handling the device and walking on carpet, or setting in a chair before plugging the device in.

Just some connection procedure I started doing when I was first building/assembling my first tower machines while sitting on a carpeted floor with a low humidity environment and thinking about it and not wanting to pop some $$$ sensitive device.

And extended it to any USB device`s connections, being the host device is usually powered up and operating.
 
init4fun said:
Hi Alex, it was manufactured in the early 1950s, so approximately 70 ish years old :thumbsup:

Here is my 101 year old (1923) Kodak Kodascope model C 16mm film projector that I restored, showing a film from the 1960s ;)

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I have my inherited from my father`s estate Bell & Howell 8 mm projector he bought in the early fifties for projecting his family home movies that he took with the wind up B&H camera, + the twin flood light bulb 115 v. hand held "sun gun" pupil destroyer movie lights.
All our mid fifties home movies of my 2 sisters and myself + some visiting relatives 8 mm reels have been transferred over to a VHS tape, that I made copies for my sisters and myself.
I even managed to be given a hand cranked plastic 8 mm Moviola type film editor back sometime in 1981 (also a Bell & Howell, I think)
 
Bill Ferris said:
Something I do, that seems to make preventive issues sense with plugging in external signal connection devices to computers, is to briefly touch the external devices plug`s outer connecter`s shell to the computer next to the port to discharge/relax any static charge voltage differential that may possibly have built up between the device and the computer from handling the device and walking on carpet, or setting in a chair before plugging the device in.

Just some connection procedure I started doing when I was first building/assembling my first tower machines while sitting on a carpeted floor with a low humidity environment and thinking about it and not wanting to pop some $$$ sensitive device.

And extended it to any USB device`s connections, being the host device is usually powered up and operating.
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What's kind of amazing, is that any electronic device- especially something using USB- will readily survive being in a clothes dryer. I usually super-dry my clothes (run them longer than is probably necessary, to insure they are really dry), so I would expect some pretty significant static electricity builds up in there, at the end. But, the last USB drive had no problem with it, even with it having lost its protective cap (I found it separately in the dryer) while the dryer was running...

Regards,
Gordon.
 
Mystic said:
Is the "Beatle Bass" in the background a Hofner-made specimen?
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Yes it’s totally real from Hofner. Purchased from a guitar shop in Hertfordshire England in 1996.
Wish I had more time to practice but I’m lucky enough to have a house with a large garden, and the gardening takes up my time. Unfortunately in southern England the times when it’s a nice a day and sunny are very rare! At the moment it’s cold because the wind is blowing down from Norway.

This is a great forum for the Garrard 301 and I like reading the posts.
 
-Pencils with HB lead, and draftsmans lead pointers when lines need to me more accurate.
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-multiple Sansa ClipJam MP3 players

Then the same as everybody else...vinyl, cassette tape, cd's.
 
Novachord said:
Yes it’s totally real from Hofner. Purchased from a guitar shop in Hertfordshire England in 1996.
Wish I had more time to practice but I’m lucky enough to have a house with a large garden, and the gardening takes up my time. Unfortunately in southern England the times when it’s a nice a day and sunny are very rare! At the moment it’s cold because the wind is blowing down from Norway.

OUTSTANDING !!!
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It's a Gilbert, it still keeps time and the chimes still work. Just a nuisance to keep winding every few days. That's why I gave it to him.

My niece has the family heirloom Grandfather Clock by Herschede. A piece my great uncle bought in the mid' 40's. It's required a bit of work from professionals to keep it running. Stunning piece, beautiful sounding chimes. I had if for a few years, glad it went to a better home. Too much trouble for me, just to tell time.
 
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I still use the tools...compass set, lead pointer, sharpener, triangles, templates. But i'm usually drawing on a piece of wood. If i actually need to lay something out for design purposes I have a laptop running Windows 98 that has Autocad 14. And that's also outdated.
 
I’ve been restoring a 1912 GPO (British) phone. Bit hard to get the bits! The handle works the magneto which would have rung the bells at the operators switchboard. The telephone would have had a set of Leclanché cells to power the line. The cells for some reason are hard and expensive to find but I managed to find a GPO wooden box which would have housed the cells. I think you learn a fair bit doing this and how the pre-Strowger system worked. Electrically it all works…….somehow!
 

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BillyTheKid said:
I still use the tools...compass set, lead pointer, sharpener, triangles, templates. But i'm usually drawing on a piece of wood. If i actually need to lay something out for design purposes I have a laptop running Windows 98 that has Autocad 14. And that's also outdated.
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As an Architectural and Engineering manager I loved AutoCAD, but as a designer I never took to it. I gave it a go with VersaCAD and ACAD 9. I enjoy starting the making process with the drawing. I feel that working out the joinery and details on paper leads to a better piece. But that's more about me.
 
I think you never forget what was going in your life and linking it to a particular song or buying that record. Growing up in Britain in the late 1970s was a miserable experience and I left school to go to college. The new wave/syth music in Britain was fantastic and I really cherish the records I bought at the time.
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BillyTheKid said:
-multiple Sansa ClipJam MP3 players
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I have four SANSA Clip players, all beefed up w/ additional SIM cards, all working perfectly --- including one acquired in/around 2012. I just load 'em up w/ "Redbook" lossless (FLAC encoded), since I have expanded space and four players, easy to tote on trips, etc. One of them is specially set up for Gym use (weightlifting), so it's filled w/ Heacy Music for heavy lifting and Heavy Sled pushing.
 
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