Whats the oldest hardware you use

[GOTSpectrum]

Hey guys,

 

Just wondering what old hardware you guys use. Going to break it down. Rules are, you have to use it on a regular basis and it needs to function properly.

 

Oldest system:

 

Oldest component:

 

Anything else old you want to add.

 

For me my oldest system is my Pentium 4 HT 391 from 2006. Use this for backup network storage and running a couple mining cards in I had laying around.

 

Oldest component would be my alienware area 51 first generation case from the late 1990s. 

 

 

[Max_Settings]

Optical drive from a 2010 Dell inspiron desktop

[Cryosec]

my oldest piece of hardware is an Olivetti 82 typewriter, which I do use on an almost regular basis (love to type with those things)

[ARikozuM]

3.5" floppy drive for some of the older games in my library. 

[Rezalis]

Intel Core 2 Quad in my old Dell desktop. Also the GT 630 in it.

[System Error Message]

abacus

Anyone still using the original enigma machines or turing machines?

[legoboy0524]

A beautiful i5-750 and accompanying hardware from that era!

 

[purple_rider]

IBM Thinkpad T20 with Windows 95, Pentium iii 650 mHz and Savage IX graphics. Used regularly for old games.

[Mr.McMister]

2003 Thinkpad T41. I haven't bothered to get a newer laptop as my spare money is going to my desktop first. I also have it running xp for support for a few old microcontroller programmers I use that don't have drivers for anything newer.

 

If we are counting non computer hardware. I still break out my 1979 6 switch atari 2600 VCS for a game of warlords every once in a while.

[RollinLower]

probably my CPU, a 4960X from 2013. other than that i think my rig is pretty up to date

[NoxiousOdor]

I think my motherboard is from 2009 and my xeon x5690 cpu's are from 2010 I think

[agent_x007]

One set of my A-Data memory is from 2009 
What changed ?
Now I have four of them
Also, I think my case is from around that time frame as well.

[Ethann_AKA_CPU1]

an 80gb hard drive that i use as an external drive from 2007. also does a gameboy advance sp count?

[fonfo]

This is it old rig, this is where you shine:
ASRock N68C-S UCC from: no idea how old is it...

AMD Sempron 145 from: 2010 / unlocked: AMD Athlon II x2 445
Some lowstreet budget 4GB Memory Ram stick "Radawell... Radamell" can't really tell

Powerfull AMD XFX HD5450 from 2009
 

[EPENEX]

My Thinkpad x61s, which I use daily.

[daniielrp]

Oldest system: this is probably my HP gen7 microserver which I think came out sometime in 2010.

 

Oldest component: My Xbox 360 HD DVD drive from 2006 ish. This is 'used' in that I have it connected to my PC as an optical drive, but it rarely ever actually gets used.

 

Other than that would be my ViewSonic n1900w monitor - again rarely ever used but still works and was my first HDTV/Monitor, from 2005-6 ish.

 

[Arika]

Logitech mx518 from 2005

[rony59turbo]

Ryzen 1950x.

[INTEL_HP_2002]

Personally, an i3 2120 and some old HDD's though a core 2 duo e7500 is often used at my house.

[flibberdipper]

Oldest thing I use on a normal basis is my Presario 2286 from the late 90's. Eventually I'll get my ProSignia 165 all loaded up with software again and use it a lot more, but even then it's from the late 90's as well.

 

Second place would be a Linksys 10/100 switch and a WRT54GS from the early 2000's which are on all the time.

 

[spwath]

I have 1 bit of vacuum tube storage from the 1940/50's, but don't use it, for obvious reasons...

[Mark77]

Lexmark Optra Ethernet Laser printer -- 1995

SCSI Optical scanner -- 1999

Samsung 570V 15.4" LCD -- 2001

Enlight EN-7237 ATX case -- 1998

Enermax 365W PSU -- 2000

56k Fax/Modem -- 1998

IBM PS/2 Model M Keyboard -- 1987

 

All this stuff is plugged in, powered up connected and running daily on Windows 10 and Linux.

[JoeCoke]

I have a Dell optiplex GX110 (p3) and a p2 PC I drag out every once in awhile. As in more common use I have a tube TV in my bedroom. My HTPC uses a q6600, still running beautifully btw. Also, my dusty ass FX 8320.

 

 

 

 

Also, YEAAAUHH 700 posts! It only took me over 3 years!

[potato rig]

• CPU
  350 mhz Intel celeron
• RAM
  sdram 2 GB
• GPU
  ATI rage pro 8 mb
• Case
  hp pavillion 4450
• Storage
  80 gb hdd
• Operating System
  Windows 98
• Floppy drive
• Cd/dvd drive

[PSUGuru]

Hmm, probably my 5 year old 1tb HDD and optical drive.