61-Year-Old Computer Brought Back to Life: Do You Have Trouble Letting Go of Old Technology?

I used to but it took too much room to store so I got rid of all the old stuff, and now I have two laptops and a PC.

The throw away society is not my cup of tea.

i know im not the only one who still has there indestructible Nokia phone and their gameboy.

my laptop was built in 1998, and I use it every day LoL!

We should still preserve it though, if anything for perspective on our ever expanding technology. That computer was the most powerful and advanced one 60 years ago. Now we all have something more powerful in your pockets. Or that the machine that got us on the moon had the computing power of a wristwatch.

Yes and no. Some of the new fangled technologies baffle me, it has to be a generational thing. But I am NEVER giving up my 60s music! I was in the gym a while back, and my son and some of his friends were there. They were playing an old motown song, and the boys started making fun of it. Then they played some new hard rock s*** and I asked the boys, "Do you really think they will still be playing THIS in 35 or 40 years?" They all grudgingly answered "NO".

no any.....

No problem at all. I KEEP IT ALL and don't get rid of anything even if it don't use it now and have all the latest and most up to date equipment.

It depends on the technology.

I have a 1977 Sea Mist Green Cadillace Deville.

...WON'T GIVE UP THE OLD XEROX MACHINE, THE HAND HELD COMPUTER, THE LAND MINE PHONE, MY "ICE AGE" NOKIA CELL PHONE, THE OLD T.V., A GAME BOY AND CARTRIGES, ...THERE'S PROBABLY A PORTABLE TYPEWRITER AROUND HERE SOMEPLACE.

Not only that, but I hate new technology. 30 dollar light bulbs, electric cars that look like computer mouses, computer zombie kids that can't get a whole sentense out of their mouths, food nazis, health nazis, offended nazis, language nazis, diet gurus, finance gurus, I almost want to puke thinking about it.

I drive rear wheel drive V8s, play 50 year old guitars, shoot 50+ year old guns, use guitar amps made with 50s technology and hate the pc 21st century. That answer your question?

But, I would like an actual cell phone instead of a phone where I have to buy minutes..

So buy one.

Can't afford it.

Then get yourself a job or a rich boyfriend.

I will adlmit that I have outdated items for "just in case", but I am usually one of the first to get something new and improved. I love technology stuff, especially computers. I am disabled and spend a good amount of time "down" so I really rely on my internet! I usually will get a new laptop every couple of years just because there will be enough new improvements that I can justify it :) And my old laptops always are taken by a kid here, so there is no waste.

My dad does though, he doesn't like to update his phone, he tries to stay as long as he can, me, I try to get what I can and when I can afford it but I have no problem leaving old stuff behind.
I do enjoy playing with old gadgets though but I do update.

Technology is a double edged sword.
Personally think it’s one of the main contributors to the obesity epidemic.
I think it has driven us apart as a society. Instead of socializing with our neighbors, we are all holed up in our homes and most people couldn’t even tell you what their neighbor’s name is.
We have lost self-reliance and a lot of skills we once had.

But on the other hand it has revolutionized medicine which has saved a lot of lives.
Has permitted us to travel to places which previously would have been time and cost prohibitive
The internet has brought news and pictures from all over the world to our homes and aids us with keeping close contact to friends and family who have been scatter to the four winds.

So I guess technology is like chocolate, in moderation it can be a good thing but it can’t be our only source of food.

As an IT guy that gives away old computers I have reguvenated quite a few using Linux OS's. As a ham My Favorite is the Collin's S line but a close 2nd comes in as the Yaesu FT101 series. Pictured 1st is the Collins series and then the Yeasu series.

The King is dead! Long live the King!

Nope.

Every once in a while, I'll have a "retro night" with my coveted Amiga 500. Amongst the many games I play are Rick Dangerous and Midnight Resistance.

I still like some of my old games too.

I had one of those that I salvaged using an old apple scsi hard drive. The guy at the flea market gave it to me when I said I could fix it. Eventually it had some serious hardware issues that I didnt bother resolving. I emulate most of my retro games now anyway even though I have boxes and boxes of games in storage.

...Jesus! It's hard to find one at a decent price. When I was a boy, only rich nerds owned computers. Nowadays, you're a nerd if you don't at least have a smart phone...

It's like a bad habit of mine.

There seems to be a bit of a trade-off. I can remember my parents' first television set form the early '60s. It was a piece of furniture made with a beautiful varnished wood that would not look out of place as the wood of your dining room table. It was a very small black & white screen and of course used thermionic valves (that's tubes in the USA). You had to wait a few minutes for this to heat up. The picture was made up of only 405 lines so the resolution (we didn't even use that word in those days) was comparatively poor. There were only two channels to choose from BBC and ITV. I feel almost certain that if the broadcasters still transmitted on that frequency in the 405 line format, it would still work. These things were built to last forever. I have found over the years that although we now have a (comparatively) huge colour widescreen high-definition screen, it will not last nearly as long and of course it's made of plastic.

I managed to find a photograph of the actual TV set!

Although I may not be considered young, I'm pretty much Pro advance, highly technical and have a scientifically orientated mind. I like gadgets if they are revolutionary enough and do offer a significant improvement to justify the purchase.

When it's clear that new stuff is better, I go with the new.

But only if it's better.

I didn't go for a Commodore computer or an iPad, or Windows Vista, or a Rainbow Digital computer.

But I certainly use a cell phone, and will go over to a smartphone soon. And I prefer MP3 music files vs. any analog stuff (casettes, records, etc.). I don't miss dial phones, but they were stronger than the new stuff. I prefer a manual transmission on my car, but like the remote lock-unlock feature.

But I still use an old-fahioned pencil and paper. Yea, the kind you have to sharpen.

And as far as I'm concerned, the jury is still out on using a GPS instead of a map.

i get rid of the old tech and replace it with the new. i can't beleive some people still have *gasp* VHS

I still have a *gasp* Sanyo Betamax VCR

I still have a VCR for films that never had a dvd release. Also, it's the only way to watch some in their unmodified state. For example, the only way to watch the original version of star wars (The one where Han shoots Greedo in cold blood) is with a VHS or laserdisc.

they have a dvd version for that too and a blu ray version is in the works,movies without those xtra scenes. if it ain't broke,don't fix it,i could care less about those changes he made in the originals

All DVD and blu ray releases are based off the 1997 or 2004 edit.

Sega Genesis is the best!!!! I play Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 alot.

Video games were less common back then. However, the games today allow for more social interaction. Back in my day, stereotypical gamers were nerds because of the amount of time gaming took from a person's social life. You kids have it good today. Not only is gaming socially acceptable but you can hook up with a lot of people on the net! :-)