Old technology...........

[Bluesky]

Doing some fall cleaning. Found a bunch of old products........Lap Top from 2001, couple old flip cell phones, answering machine.......Im keeping the Old Digitech 2101 artist processor I have buried at the bottom. but what should I do with all this old product I don't need anymore? Dang I spent a ton on that stuff once. I just hate throwing it all away. But reality is Its junk now. Completely outdated junk in great shape. What do you do with all your old Tech?

 

[cooljuk]

Target practice?

I try to sell digital gear before it's gotten worthless. Mechanical / analog - keep it!
I kinda wish I had kept my iPhone 1, though. It was cool and might be collectable.

If your answering machine is tape-based, some used continuous loops of tape. You could mod it into a tape echo!

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

20 year old laptop? That's cute.

Does it have a VGA out and a Cd-Rom drive?

probably a brick with a square screen

 

[Uncle Vinnie]

Watch it thar.

I still have a 1997 Compaq Armada that my first wife gave me, and my Samsung flip phone. Best shit ever made!

 

[Lungo]

We have a local robotics club that will take donations of just about any old electronic devices.

 

[northernguitarguy]

Soldering practice

 

[Jymbopalyse]

In Canada, you can recycle any old electronics at the same place you return your bottles for refund.

You also get charged a small "environmental fee" when you purchase electronics, to pay for this service.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

@Uncle Vinnie
I love old stuff. I have a Commodore64k on order, and I just built a Linux server out of old parts that's running really well.

Linux is cool for the old stuff, can breath new life into it.

 

[Uncle Vinnie]

@Uncle Vinnie
I love old stuff. I have a Commodore64k on order, and I just built a Linux server out of old parts that's running really well.

Linux is cool for the old stuff, can breath new life into it.

It sure is a lot more durable than today's stuff, that's for sure.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

Planned obsolescence - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Soul Tramp]

Technology peaked with the Model-T and has gone downhill ever since.

 

[rxbandit]

Technology peaked with the Model-T and has gone downhill ever since.

This could be the MLP unofficial slogan

 

[sonar1]

Goodwill gets it. I get a generous write off for my 1099 form.

 

[Shred Astaire]

This could be the MLP unofficial slogan

i LOL’d.

 

[Uncle Vinnie]

Technology peaked with the Model-T and has gone downhill ever since.

Actually it peaked with the advent of the P90.

 

[LPMarshall Hack]

Doing some fall cleaning. Found a bunch of old products........Lap Top from 2001, couple old flip cell phones, answering machine.......Im keeping the Old Digitech 2101 artist processor I have buried at the bottom. but what should I do with all this old product I don't need anymore? Dang I spent a ton on that stuff once. I just hate throwing it all away. But reality is Its junk now. Completely outdated junk in great shape. What do you do with all your old Tech?

Put that stuff on CL and label it as “vintage”.

Watch it rain

 

[Bluesky]

Target practice?

So far this is making the most sense! Still a waste but it could be fun......

 

[JTM45]

I never thought about the target practice Thing thanks for the idea

 

[Bill Hicklin]

1959, you could buy, new, an LP Standard with dual HBs, a Special with dual P-90s, a Marshall JTM-45, a brownface Fender Bandmaster and/or a 5F6A tweed Bassman.

Technology has not meaningfully advanced since.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

I will give a home to old computers no one wants.




...target practice...