I own a model electric train that was built in 1937. So, 88 years young?
Runs well, it’s kinda weird to think that this was a toy and this level of build quality was normal. To be fair, it wasn’t exactly. This was a high end toy aimed at affluent teens and young adults. It would have been equivalent to buying a new PlayStation. But still, I have trouble imagining any toy you could buy today that would hold up like this.
Sinclair Microvision MTV-1. It doesn’t work though. First released about 1978 according to Wikipedia.
Found it in a thrift store in a small town with a single stop light, in the middle of nowhere. That’s also where I got my sealed copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 on 5 1/4 floppies. Total cost $7.
1980 Sony trintitron crt TV that still works. Got the N64 hooked up to it.
oldest electronic
Electronic WHAT!?! Choose a noun, son.
I suspect this is the (non-word) singular form of the noun “electronics”. If there’s a better term for such words, and you let me know what it is, I will give you my thank.
Gizmo
I have my grandmothers iMac G4. Just an interesting looking from the days when Apple made interesting looking things. It still works but it’s really used for anything.
250 MHZ analog oscilloscope from HP
Probably a Cowon iAudio mp3 player from the mid aughts. I might still have a Philips cd mp3 player from the early aughts. Ooh in my garage I have Sony PC speakers from 2001.
Fully functioning Commodore 64, monitor, 2 floppy drives, printer, and several joysticks.
I have a radio from the late 30s, though not in working condition. And a radio from 1961 that I use regularly
A TI-99/4. I need to find an old tv to hook it up
I have a battery operated tube radio from mid to late 1940’s. It even works, but the battery it uses is getting rare and quite expensive. And my country doesn’t really use AM radio broadcasts anymore, so it’s more of a curiosity nowadays.
I also have a lot of working stuff from the 1950’s, mostly radios and amplifiers. Great gear, and much easier to service than their modern counterparts.
My husband has a collection of obsolete technology. The oldest thing he’s got in there is a VT100 terminal.
I cleaned up when I moved, so the oldest gadget I have right now is a 15 year old MSI laptop, still happily running with linux.
You should throw it a quinceanera. Put it in a dress and buy it a small car.
I still use my 2011 MacBook Pro! He’s got a SSD and 16GB RAM now, but he still works perfectly—and on original battery, lasts for over three hours! (Originally got him for LAN parties, and always used him plugged in. I believe 40-ish charge cycles.)
I have a few, but the one that immediately came to mind is my HP16c calculator.
I’ve got an old TRS-80 in stored-in-a-leaky-shed-for-40-years condition. I can also lay my hands on an AM/FM radio that I think dates to the 70’s.
Empire State radio, R52
