My dad had that amp! If you want to upgrade to something much better vintage wise, look for a Rotel RA 612. Found one for myself, great amp, works fantastically with old Goodmans and Wharfdale speakers (see my picasaweb album The Studio).
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My dad had that amp! If you want to upgrade to something much better vintage wise, look for a Rotel RA 612. Found one for myself, great amp, works fantastically with old Goodmans and Wharfdale speakers (see my picasaweb album The Studio).
Cheers! I'll keep an eye out for that. My uncle tried flogging me some "dual mono" amp along with some B&O speakers a while back. No idea what dual mono is like but he paid a fortune for it.
DOT MATRIX! My dad brought a dot matrix printer home from work once. back in the Amiga days. Now that made a heavenly noise "zzzzzt zt"
infact I saw the exact same model as that just recently, clearing out an old office.oh as well as the amp I have - I won't be getting rid of my Wharfedale Modus speakers anytime soon. So middle-range it's untrue. but I just love them.
Well my iBook G3 will be hitting the 5-year mark for me--currently using, by the way. Still use an old Handspring Visor Prism as well.
I still have an old Mac Performa 200 that I'll never let go.
Other than that, I'm not much of an accumulator of techie things.
I still have an old Mac Performa 200 that I'll never let go.
Other than that, I'm not much of an accumulator of techie things.
The Sega Genesis at my grandmother's house.
Yes! Sega Genesis at MY house!
Also, my "portable" record player. Because the Beatles just don't sound right on iPods.
My wife is married to an old tech she can't part from...
But my speakers are older than my marriage AR91's and Technics turntable both from 1980. Takamine guitar from 1978, Hammond B-3 from the late 50's, Heintzman piano that's been in the family since 1910.
Panasonic dot matrix printer from 1988 being used every day to print shipping labels. Apple IIe and Mac Plus from 1986.
But my speakers are older than my marriage
AR91's and Technics turntable both from 1980. Takamine guitar from 1978, Hammond B-3 from the late 50's, Heintzman piano that's been in the family since 1910. Panasonic dot matrix printer from 1988 being used every day to print shipping labels. Apple IIe and Mac Plus from 1986.
My green 2nd gen 4GB iPod mini. Fine, it's not THAT old, but it was my 1st Apple product after 3 failing mp3 players before that from different companies *coughsandisksamsungcreativecough*. I saved up my money for a long time (at least 6 months) to buy it, being 17 at the time and having no job. It never gave me any problems major enough to be worth remembering! But in March, when I got a 5G iPod for my birthday, I gave it to my sister. A few weeks ago she bought a green 4GB nano, so I wanted the mini back. She said I could "borrow" it, even though she's never gonna use it again in her life (she's weirdly possessive like that). I like the mini just because it performs really well and it's fast, compared to my 5G. Even though the mini doesn't have the big color screen (which is nice), and photos and videos (also nice), or the ability to store every song I now have (just over 4GB) I just love the feel of it and its durability. Barely any dings on it since last July, but after only a few weeks my 5G almost looked like it's been through a wood chipper.
Is that going through a Leslie cab too?
I'm a sublte shade of green at the moment. My all time favourite musical instrument sound is a B-3/Leslie cab combo!!
Ooh, yeah, forgot about my Atari VCS (from before it was even called a 2600) and my original Nintendo, my SNES, the Sega Genesis, the B&W Gameboy, and the Intellivision. Funny, since I took a break from Asteriods to make my first post in this thread.
The Teleton, not bad, but seems to be about standard-fare early '80s kit. What, abut 50wpc? Depending on the Wharfedales you've got, you ever thought about going for a tube amp? The early '70s Pioneer, Sansui and Kenwood integrated amps work pretty nicely with a lot of the Wharfes as well. Though... a Rotel might be pretty sweet, too.
The Teleton, not bad, but seems to be about standard-fare early '80s kit. What, abut 50wpc? Depending on the Wharfedales you've got, you ever thought about going for a tube amp? The early '70s Pioneer, Sansui and Kenwood integrated amps work pretty nicely with a lot of the Wharfes as well. Though... a Rotel might be pretty sweet, too.
I still have my original computer, printer, diskette drives, and cassette tape drive and I love my old games too much to let go.
I have newer computers--Macs--but they don't hold the usefulness for playing games that the Atari 800 does. Any other old technology I have is pretty much dead.
I have newer computers--Macs--but they don't hold the usefulness for playing games that the Atari 800 does. Any other old technology I have is pretty much dead.
The following come to mind:
- Newton 2000
- PowerBook 170
- Sony Scoopman NT-1 Digital Cassette Recorder
All still work fine!
I forgot to add my HP-71 computer system (computer, external 3.5 inch floppy and ink jet printer).
Well, I have about 3 old AST laptops. 200 Mhz Intel Pentium no number,Windows 95, 800 MB hard drive, 32 mb of ram...truly a premum machine. Then I have a Compaq Armada,300 MhZ Pentuim 2, windows 95, a whopping 128 mb of ram, a 3 gb hdd. Then for my desktops: My grammas old machine...a VenturePC ...served her very well,intel pentium 200 mhz., a 3 gb hdd, Windows 95 64 MB of ram...and then there was a machine my dad "borrowed"from work.Windows 95, 256 MB of Ram, 5GB HDD(WOW) and an Intel Pentium no number processor.
Thats a lot of old windows junk, and I am not even finished!
Now I have my HP Pavilion A500N. The case upgrade didn't go so well, because the front lighting was drawing too much power from the supply. So it worked fine when I put it bak in the PC case....it runs xp, got 1 gb of ram, 160 gb WD Caviar(i put in it).
Then theres my Compaq Presario R4000. Its got a 100 Gb HDD, and 1 Gb of Ram.Until my iMac, it was my most premium computer. This thing is falling apart.it is in desperate need of repair. It is my brother's machine. And he finally snapped at me and said He wants something that just works..and that he wanted a Mac. I told him he was in luck since I was buying a new one.
Then I have a Compaq Armada,300 MhZ Pentuim 2, windows 95, a whopping 128 mb of ram, a 3 gb hdd. Then for my desktops: My grammas old machine...a VenturePC ...served her very well,intel pentium 200 mhz., a 3 gb hdd, Windows 95 64 MB of ram...and then there was a machine my dad "borrowed"from work.Windows 95, 256 MB of Ram, 5GB HDD(WOW) and an Intel Pentium no number processor.Thats a lot of old windows junk, and I am not even finished!
Now I have my HP Pavilion A500N. The case upgrade didn't go so well, because the front lighting was drawing too much power from the supply. So it worked fine when I put it bak in the PC case....it runs xp, got 1 gb of ram, 160 gb WD Caviar(i put in it).
Then theres my Compaq Presario R4000. Its got a 100 Gb HDD, and 1 Gb of Ram.Until my iMac, it was my most premium computer. This thing is falling apart.it is in desperate need of repair. It is my brother's machine. And he finally snapped at me and said He wants something that just works..and that he wanted a Mac. I told him he was in luck since I was buying a new one.
I'm moving house soon and my wife thinks I should throw away my old Mac that is gathering dust in the garage. I've proabbly only got about 2 weeks left with it, so maybe I'll boot it up one last time this weekend, just for fun.
Its a Performa 6200CDTV from about 1995. I don't ever use it and certainly don't need it, but I do still like it and I'm still impressed with how advanced it was for the era. It had a TV tuner and I used it as my only TV for several years. This thing had an Apple remote control way before people got excited about Front Row and iMac remotes.
I remember thinking how amazing it was to be able to cut and paste from teletext!!
With a B&W Apple Stylewriter printer it cost me over £1500 at the time and now I doubt I could get £5 for it on ebay!
Its a Performa 6200CDTV from about 1995. I don't ever use it and certainly don't need it, but I do still like it and I'm still impressed with how advanced it was for the era. It had a TV tuner and I used it as my only TV for several years. This thing had an Apple remote control way before people got excited about Front Row and iMac remotes.
I remember thinking how amazing it was to be able to cut and paste from teletext!!
With a B&W Apple Stylewriter printer it cost me over £1500 at the time and now I doubt I could get £5 for it on ebay!
So's mine. It's sitting on my desk opposite my 24" iMac. The 22" ACD looks distinctly jaundiced next to the competition, though.
I don't specifically have anything, but my mom refuses to part with the Tandy HX 2000 that we had as kids. It was our first computer, and to this day, she insists that her grandkids will want to play with it. Fortunately, those days are right around the corner, so maybe we can talk her into getting rid of it in a few years (once we can prove that the kids are better off with a real computer).
For me, I'd gladly take the NES off of my parent's hands, but it's the same story: keep it for the grandkids.
For me, I'd gladly take the NES off of my parent's hands, but it's the same story: keep it for the grandkids.
I'm thinking of moving mine to the kitchen once my macbook is working again though it's picked up 24/7 duties internet sharing so it may not be so convenient, back in london I kept my cube in it's own space away from other tech stuff, using an xga 15" ASD is certainly a change from my macbook.
god knows, he said they were "the best speakers of 2001" or something like that. I forget now. He's always buying and selling audio stuff though
I'll try and find out.
My 20 year old TV. It works perfectly fine except for the remote. I plug it into a 15 year old VCR that doesn't play tapes just to change the channel. I don't know why I don't throw it out and just buy a LCD, it's pretty cheap now.
I don't know why I don't throw it out and just buy a LCD, it's pretty cheap now. I don't seem to have trouble parting from old things. When I get rid of thing such as computers, it's because I'm upgrading, and I see upgrading as a good thing so I don't hesitate to get rid of the old.
Out of all of the expensive things I own that I can think of, my car is the oldest, and it will be 3 years old in January. Now that, I'll have difficulty parting with when it becomes time to buy a new car. It is my first car, and I've put a decent amount of work into it with the stereo system and a few performance upgrades as well, so it would be tough to see it go. Depending on its value when I buy a new car, I may just decide to keep it and make it a project car. The only thing stopping me from heavily modding it is money, and the warranty would be gone. But if I get a good job and have a reliable daily driver, then I can mod the hell out of my car.
Granted, I still have my very first computer, 400MHz Pentium II (my family was late getting into the computer world) sitting in my closet at home. Granted, I don't think it boots, and even if it did, it's missing at least a hard drive and probably more, but I just can't bring myself to throw it away. But since I don't use the computer, I guess it doesn't really count.
Out of all of the expensive things I own that I can think of, my car is the oldest, and it will be 3 years old in January. Now that, I'll have difficulty parting with when it becomes time to buy a new car. It is my first car, and I've put a decent amount of work into it with the stereo system and a few performance upgrades as well, so it would be tough to see it go. Depending on its value when I buy a new car, I may just decide to keep it and make it a project car. The only thing stopping me from heavily modding it is money, and the warranty would be gone. But if I get a good job and have a reliable daily driver, then I can mod the hell out of my car.
Granted, I still have my very first computer, 400MHz Pentium II (my family was late getting into the computer world) sitting in my closet at home. Granted, I don't think it boots, and even if it did, it's missing at least a hard drive and probably more, but I just can't bring myself to throw it away. But since I don't use the computer, I guess it doesn't really count.