Technology that has endured?

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#3374344 18-May-2025 17:15

Probably not exactly technology, but a 41 year old chest freezer that originally belonged to my parents and is still going strong. A little noisy, but as it lives in the downstairs laundry, that's not an issue. Not even exactly sure what brand it is, as the name badge fell off at some stage. Will be a "made in NZ" F&P brand of some sort though I think.

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#3374345 18-May-2025 17:18

eracode:

Laptops - plural - wow, early adopter. Found this on the ‘net:

“1975: IBM 5100. Often considered one of the first commercially available portable computers. It was a self-contained unit with a 5-inch CRT display, keyboard, and tape drive for storage. However, it weighed around 55 pounds, making it more of a "luggable" than a true laptop.

Late 1970s: Micro Bee, Atari 800. These were more like transportable personal computers with separate components that needed to be connected to a television for display.”

Point taken. I actually meant the 90s. My bad.

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#3374360 18-May-2025 18:00

Rikkitic:

eracode:

Laptops - plural - wow, early adopter. Found this on the ‘net:

“1975: IBM 5100. Often considered one of the first commercially available portable computers. It was a self-contained unit with a 5-inch CRT display, keyboard, and tape drive for storage. However, it weighed around 55 pounds, making it more of a "luggable" than a true laptop.

Late 1970s: Micro Bee, Atari 800. These were more like transportable personal computers with separate components that needed to be connected to a television for display.”

Point taken. I actually meant the 90s. My bad.

I wondered if it was a typo. Would have been even more impressed if your typo was ‘1960s’:

“The 5100 was IBM's second transportable computer. Previously, a truck-mounted IBM 1401 was configured in 1960 for military use and referred to as a mobile computer.” 😀

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#3374362 18-May-2025 19:06

What I did have around that time was a Kaypro. Also a 'portable'. Weighed a ton and the size of a microwave.

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#3374365 18-May-2025 19:26

Rikkitic:

sir1963:

My Dick Smith systems-80 still works...and I even have the service manual for it.

Hell I've got a BBC Acorn. Not that it gets much use these days.

I have about 400 old computers...

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#3374367 18-May-2025 19:27

Rikkitic:

What I did have around that time was a Kaypro. Also a 'portable'. Weighed a ton and the size of a microwave.

Have a Kaypro 4 and a Kaypro 10

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#3374368 18-May-2025 19:27

I think the question in the thread is more about which tech you are using?

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#3374369 18-May-2025 19:32

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I think the question in the thread is more about which tech you are using?

I used my Kaypro 10 about a year ago....space invaders IIRC

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#3374370 18-May-2025 19:34

Oh, I used to be a crack shot at space invaders. I got to the point where I could usually eliminate all invaders before they reached the bottom.

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#3374380 18-May-2025 20:26

> which tech you are using?

Well - moving to the software arena...

I had to convert my 1988 written-in-Turbo-Pascal accounting software to Access in 2001.
Earliest data is 1987 - but I think I put that in to give me something to test it with.
Still in daily use.

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#3374382 18-May-2025 20:34

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My Samsung 63" Plasma TV from 2010 is still going. It still delivers great contrast, and I'm glad I decided to go with a 1080p tv at the time, over 720p :)

I still run a 2007 Sony 46" TV which is just a dumb panel. Still runs as good as the day I got it. $4300 for the 720p version whick I bought as the 1080p version was about $8000.

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#3374397 18-May-2025 21:14

Oh yea forgot about our F&P washing machine and dryer!

We bought those when we bought our first house back in 2000.
Still working like the day they were bought.

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#3374398 18-May-2025 21:17

This interesting video shows the other side of the coin for newer technology.

Are They GreenWashing Appliances? IFA Berlin 2024 Domestic Appliance Industry Trade Show Episode 5

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#3374399 18-May-2025 21:19

Our Simpson clothes drier is 27 years old. It has only had a couple of belts in that time.

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#3374569 19-May-2025 08:42

allan:

Probably not exactly technology, but a 41 year old chest freezer that originally belonged to my parents and is still going strong. A little noisy, but as it lives in the downstairs laundry, that's not an issue. Not even exactly sure what brand it is, as the name badge fell off at some stage. Will be a "made in NZ" F&P brand of some sort though I think.

Yep my one is over 40 years old. Given it to the kids as they needed a chest freezer more than we did.

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