What's the Oldest Hardware You are Still Using?

What's the Oldest Hardware You are Still Using? 1705

Posted by Cliff on Monday October 13, 2003 @09:45PM from the oldies-but-goodies dept.

ScottBob asks: "Seeing the recent post about the vintage computer festival got me thinking about old hardware I'm still using in my 'modern' computer. I have a 1 ghz Celeryonion machine, but when I bought the mobo I specifically looked for one with an ISA slot so I could still use my old Zoltrix modem I bought in '97 when V.90 was adopted (when it probably would have been cheaper to buy an ISA-less mobo and a PCI modem). I've also moved a '93 model floppy drive from machine to machine, and it still works. Usually, monitors and power supplies survive the ravage Moore's law has on hardware, but what other things does everybody else save when they cruft together a new machine? Anybody ever do things like disguise a 4 GHz P4 in an ancient 8086 machine box? While on the subject, is anybody still running old DOS programs in a DOS box on a Windows machine (e.g. a database) because your company is too poor/cheap to upgrade or doesn't want to bother with any free alternatives?"

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Power Cord (Score:5, Funny)

by onyxruby ( 118189 ) writes: <onyxrubyNO@SPAMcomcast.net> on Monday October 13, 2003 @09:46PM (#7204264)

Power Cord, leftover from 8086. Least valuable part then, most valuable part now. Still using it too.

What's the oldest hardware I'm still using? (Score:5, Funny)

by kawabago ( 551139 ) writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @09:47PM (#7204273)

My boyfriend!

Re:What's the oldest hardware I'm still using? (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @09:51PM (#7204316)

Zing! Put some new batteries in that rabbit ... which is probably the second oldest piece of hardware ....

School ... (Score:3, Funny)

by SuperDuG ( 134989 ) writes: <be@@@eclec...tk> on Monday October 13, 2003 @09:51PM (#7204327) Homepage Journal

I'm taking COBOL which is on an IBM s390 running zOS and MVS. I know that the s390 is relatively new, but the damned thing is still relatively old and a pain to use :-) I've also got a 486 DX2 running at 66mhz running as a router here, it's not really doing much, besides routing all the houses packets, but it's around 11 - 12 years old. And every now and then I fire up the apple IIe for just plain old fun, I think that thing is getting in the ballpark of 18 - 19 years old. But as far as "running" or "using" you really can't get by running anything older than 5 years old for a workstation, I don't care how big of a mac fan you are :-)

Re:I HOPE YOU ALL DIE OF HEART ATTACKS!! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @09:51PM (#7204330)

Excuse me, sir, but I think you misspoke. See, it's "Linux" not "Lunix." I think you accidently swapped the "i" and the "u", lol! Don't worry, it's an easy mistake to make, and it's not easy being new. Well, welcome to Slashdot!

hungkungfooey (Score:3, Funny)

by segment ( 695309 ) writes: <sil&politrix,org> on Monday October 13, 2003 @09:54PM (#7204358) Homepage Journal

Kaypro II!$!@! 4 MHz Z80A 400 KB floppy 300 baud modem 2serial ports... Okay maybe not
Anyway the oldest machine I have working right now that I actually use is called an Adam and it was made by Coleco Vision. What is it used for you ask? An ashtray. An overgrown ashtray/beerstand nothing more. But I used it in elementary school so I won't part with it no matter how many burns it has... Besides one day it'll be a collectors item which I will sell for billions! NO! MILLIONS!
Brings tears to my eyes coming here... http://www.old-computers.com/ [old-computers.com]

Re:Power Cord (Score:3, Funny)

by Large Green Mallard ( 31462 ) writes: <lgm@theducks.org> on Monday October 13, 2003 @09:55PM (#7204375) Homepage

I'm still using a power cord from a 1984 vintage Mac 128K. I know it's from that cause there's an Apple embossed in the plug.

COBOL???? (Score:5, Funny)

by Atario ( 673917 ) writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @09:58PM (#7204422) Homepage

Hang on a sec...did you say you're taking COBOL? As in, taking a class on it? Learning it???

RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!!!!

Crystal Caves! (Score:3, Funny)

by revividus ( 643168 ) writes: <phil.crissman@gmail.cTOKYOom minus city> on Monday October 13, 2003 @09:58PM (#7204432) Homepage

Up until I recently killed (don't ask) my wife's computer, it still had Crystal Caves 1, 2, and 3 on it. Go Milo!

Re:Ancient UNIX-style hardware at work (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @10:02PM (#7204489)

keep an eye on that SCO box, it might start sending out press releases and submitting invoices to your customers for $699....

Re:GeForce 2 MX 400 (Score:2, Funny)

by okle69 ( 258936 ) writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @10:02PM (#7204493)

Wow...I have one too, but it's the newest piece of hw I own...

Re:Ultra-1 (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @10:04PM (#7204510)

A sun Ultra-1 is our primary Solaris 8 development box, you insensitive clod!

Osborne 1 that still works. (Score:2, Funny)

by flafish ( 305068 ) writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @10:06PM (#7204531)

What is this DOS you speak of? CP/M all the way. :-)

Re:Mouse Pad (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @10:11PM (#7204595)

"I'm still using my good old Micron mouse pad from 1986, the year I was born."

ugh. Moderation: -1 for making the rest of us feel like desiccated corpses.

Re:Power Cord (Score:3, Funny)

by EverDense ( 575518 ) writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @10:21PM (#7204691) Homepage

Yeah I have a few old power chords lying around too.
I believe they originally came from Iron Maiden's 1982 album "The Number of the Beast".

24 years old - beat that. (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @10:41PM (#7204885)

My girfriend is 24, and her harware still has a lot of good miles left in it. I think I will keep'er for couple more years.

Re:What's the oldest hardware I'm still using? (Score:5, Funny)

by stevesliva ( 648202 ) writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @11:00PM (#7205091) Journal

Hey baby, wanna upgrade?
(Someone had to say it.)

Re:COBOL???? (Score:2, Funny)

by LordMyren ( 15499 ) writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @11:14PM (#7205212) Homepage

show me a man in a fiery underworld infested with slave driving demons and i'll show you someone whose working.

Vintage? (Score:5, Funny)

by Grendel Drago ( 41496 ) writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @11:25PM (#7205291) Homepage

"Vintage"? Next thing you know, we're going to go to keyboard-testing events, wash our hands in salt water and blow-dry them between testings, and start using weird adjectives.

"Ah, yes. This eMachines knockoff displays a firmer character, with elements of plozz and fwimple, leading to an oaky finish."

Eep.

--grendel drago

Re:I've got a '286 (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @11:47PM (#7205473)

Wow, you're still using the original memory!

Re:Do slide rules count? (Score:2, Funny)

by c4seyj0nes ( 669515 ) writes: on Monday October 13, 2003 @11:49PM (#7205481)

My Trig teacher in High School had a holster for his slide rule.

Re:GeForce 2 MX 400 (Score:3, Funny)

by 0x0d0a ( 568518 ) writes: on Tuesday October 14, 2003 @12:33AM (#7205746) Journal

A big green wang from 1979

The world is an ugly place.

problem with model M (Score:3, Funny)

by JimBobJoe ( 2758 ) writes: on Tuesday October 14, 2003 @12:38AM (#7205786)

I wouldn't give up my model M for anything. However there is this one interesting issue...when you got one girlfriend on the phone, and the other online, the one on the phone gets pissed off saying that you're not paying attention to her because she can hear you typing in the background.

Re:Power Cord (Score:2, Funny)

by Daengbo ( 523424 ) writes: <daengbo&gmail,com> on Tuesday October 14, 2003 @01:36AM (#7206069) Homepage Journal

Everything after "Killers" just didn't make it. Murder in the Rue Morgue for you?

Re:Power Cord (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 14, 2003 @04:13AM (#7206657)

Have a NASCOM 1 holding door open. NASBUG o/s from the Seventies. Couple of K to code in, HEX only. Still useful in that role.

Re:Osborne 1 that still works. (Score:3, Funny)

by wolfgang_spangler ( 40539 ) writes: on Tuesday October 14, 2003 @07:58AM (#7207330)

I have both an Osborne 1 and an Osborne Executive that I STILL use.

I play cranston manor and eliza on them still, and nothing beats wordstar 1.1

The truth is I'm just addicted to the azure glow of the power button.

Re:Nuke plants, too (Score:2, Funny)

by On Lawn ( 1073 ) writes: on Tuesday October 14, 2003 @03:07PM (#7212037) Journal

"Vent radioactive gas?" [types] Y E S.
"Sound alertness horn?" Y E S. [it sounds in the distance]
"Decalcify calcium ducts?" Well, give me a Y, give me a...Hey! All I have to type is Y. [to Marge] Hey, Miss Doesn't-find-me-attractive-sexually-anymore: I just tripled my productivity!

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Power Cord (Score:5, Funny)

What's the oldest hardware I'm still using? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:What's the oldest hardware I'm still using? (Score:4, Funny)

School ... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I HOPE YOU ALL DIE OF HEART ATTACKS!! (Score:1, Funny)

hungkungfooey (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Power Cord (Score:3, Funny)

COBOL???? (Score:5, Funny)

Crystal Caves! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Ancient UNIX-style hardware at work (Score:2, Funny)

Re:GeForce 2 MX 400 (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Ultra-1 (Score:1, Funny)

Osborne 1 that still works. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Mouse Pad (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Power Cord (Score:3, Funny)

24 years old - beat that. (Score:0, Funny)

Re:What's the oldest hardware I'm still using? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:COBOL???? (Score:2, Funny)

Vintage? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I've got a '286 (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Do slide rules count? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:GeForce 2 MX 400 (Score:3, Funny)

problem with model M (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Power Cord (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Power Cord (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Osborne 1 that still works. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Nuke plants, too (Score:2, Funny)

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