Tech that refuses to die

[Zodiark1593]

On 9/25/2020 at 12:35 PM, WaggishOhio383 said:

I feel like in general game consoles just refuse to quit. My Wii and PS2 are still both running strong. My family even has an NES that still works. We found it up in the attic of my grandparents' garage. It was actually my dad's NES growing up, and he had completely forgotten they still had it. Dusted it off and tested some cartridges, and it still runs.

My GBA SP I got for Christmas in 2004 still gets use. I replaced the battery in it last year too. My og 3DS really needs a new battery. Doesn’t even last an hour before kicking it. My 3rd Gen iPod Nano also still works, though seldom sees use anymore. I used it for a few winters recently (my LeEco had no headphone jack) when leaving it in the car was no big deal, but summers (California heat) added another thing to take out of the car.  Between that and zombie battery, it was a pain in the butt. 
 

My PS2 Slim is still operational as well and gets regular use. Should probably get a new reader assembly soon, as I’d folded the ribbon cable at some point to keep it from scratching my games. Played some Sonic Spinball last weekend (via Sonic Mega Collection) with the output forced to 480P and it genuinely looks fantastic even on my 4K panel and cheapie Component to HDMI box. 
 

Also own an HP from 2010 that is still in service today, albeit, in someone else’s hands. The HDD failed back in 2014, but got a SSD and slightly faster CPU that was salvaged (i5-460M to 560M). Threw tons of multi-day renders at this thing when I was into Blender, and some week long video encoding stints for converting anime series for easier accessibility. Most surprisingly, despite the AMD Switchable Graphics that no one wanted to support (never got an official update at all, hacked drivers ftw), upgrading to Windows 10 went far more smoothly than with my desktop. It just... worked...

[WaggishOhio383]

18 minutes ago, Zodiark1593 said:

My PS2 Slim is still operational as well and gets regular use. Should probably get a new reader assembly soon, as I’d folded the ribbon cable at some point to keep it from scratching my games. Played some Sonic Spinball last weekend (via Sonic Mega Collection) with the output forced to 480P and it genuinely looks fantastic even on my 4K panel and cheapie Component to HDMI box. 

Mega Collection Plus is actually a great game (or collection of games should I say). I have it on my PS2 and play it all the time. Haven't really played Sonic Spinball in particular that much though. I've actually got my PS2 in I believe a similar setup to what you described, with an HDMI converter so I can play it on my PC monitor.

[WaggishOhio383]

4 hours ago, sub68 said:

sega gensis

Do you have the tower of power?

 

I really want to get a genesis some day

[sub68]

9 hours ago, WaggishOhio383 said:

Do you have the tower of power?

 

I really want to get a genesis some day

No I don't and also I got it for free from someone moving

[WaggishOhio383]

4 minutes ago, sub68 said:

I got it for free from someone moving

Seems like a pretty good deal to me

[sub68]

Just now, WaggishOhio383 said:

Seems like a pretty good deal to me

Yeah I haven't used it in a while 

I am going to give it to a friend who likes retro consoles

[WaggishOhio383]

3 minutes ago, sub68 said:

I am going to give it to a friend who likes retro consoles

That's a cool thing to do. Does it have any games that came with it?

[Zenith_X1]

I have a 2TB 5400 RPM drive I use for old storage from 2009.  It quietly clicks when it loads data and I dont really care if it dies...but it's still kicking

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

A set of Harman Kardon 2.1 computer speakers that have been with me through ~8 CPU upgrades. First was a Pentium 4.

 

They are sort of on their way out. Still sound pretty good, though.

[Radium_Angel]

3 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Probably half the Thinkpads I receive qualify for this. The magnesium roll cage for both the chassis and screen really seems to help.

I have a very old USB external drive cage with an IDE drive that must be 10+ years old by now (if not older) that keeps on going.

[WhitetailAni]

My Asus V400C laptop.

It had a Core i3-2365M, ran in its iGPU, had 4GB of DDR3-1333 (I think), had a 500GB 5400 RPM HDD with Linux Mint 17.3, and survived a dead WiFi card, cracked screen protector, numerous drops, three chargers, broken Ethernet jack, dented and broken shell, and a lot of Minecraft with the thing getting so hot I put a hot dog on the hot spot and it started to cook it.

The thing just kept on going and probably would be still until I opened it up and broke it irreparably by accidentally cracking the chipset(?) die.

Screwdriver slipped.

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

A set of Harmon Kardon 2.1 computer speakers that have been with me through ~8 CPU upgrades. First was a Pentium 4.

I've kinda got that too, except I just added a subwoofer to my stereo setup.

Very nice for Crypt of the Necrodancer music.

[MarvintheParrot]

4 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Probably half the Thinkpads I receive qualify for this. The magnesium roll cage for both the chassis and screen really seems to help.

My old Chromebook from when I was in school. I had it for ~4 years and it was terrible. But I must give credit where credit is deserved, it was VERY well built. Still works like day one.

[SignatureSigner]

I have a 500gb HDD 5200rpm thats been dropped more time than I will ever admin yet still works like a charm (I have a linux distro on it) 

Not that I want it to die I'm just suprised it hasent...

[SlashedM]

Pentium 4 that is x64, with an HP Mobo, its original trash PSU, its RAM, and cooler.

[SavageNeo]

my mouse mat. it has been with me around 10 years. it looks kinda rough right now.

[RageTester]

7 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

my mouse mat. it has been with me around 10 years. it looks kinda rough right now.

lol I thought you said mouse, do you even click

 

All the stuff made in Soviet Union that my dad bought still works, things were made to last...

[SavageNeo]

Just now, RageTester said:

unreal, do you even click

Yeah a lot. I played OSU once. Now i play apex and multiplayer story games with my friends

[Real_PhillBert]

A PS3 still does my Blu-Ray player duty. 

 

Edit: Although it rarely gets used since I built my plex server. 

[Drama Lama]

My old TV i still love it and the only bad thing is the slow response of the Menue

[Red :)]

well I think it's the Microsoft LifeCam VX-2000 which I still use as a microphone in Teams meetings.

[WhitetailAni]

8 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

A PS3 still does my Blu-Ray player duty. 

 

Edit: Although it rarely gets used since I built my plex server. 

We use a fat PS2 as a DVD player when watching DVDs.

I use my WH16NS40 to watch Blu-Rays, but the only Blu-Rays in the house is the full collection of Harry Potter movies, so no one really cares.

[XWAUForceflow]

I think that one goes to my Creative SB X-Fi, that one is something like 15 years old and still rocking in my current PC. (Which makes it the 4th PC that it's in now I think) I thought I could go without it with my newest PC, but when I connected my headphones to the on-board sound I could clearly hear white noise in the background. Plugged in the X-Fi and it was gone so I guess I'll stick with it.

[The Torrent]

Everything I've had dies.

 

Often from even a few days after I buy it

 

 

[da na]

My Hitachi HDDs... from 2002 will not die...