Money Well Spent - The 18 Year Old Mouse
I still have a working LC3
Friday, August 3, 2007 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
When dealing with any piece of electronics, or any mechanical doodad that malfunctions, someone will usually pipe up and say "They don't make 'em like they used to!" While that's usually a load of bull as people often remember things better than they were, sometimes you run across a device that proves that statement true. In this case it's a 1989 Macintosh mouse connected to a still-functioning Maintosh IIci which put in 18 mighty years of service before going off to that big electronics bin in the sky.
18 years, 3 offices, and countless clicks. I don't know of many devices that could withstand that kind of use.
Do you have any computer hardware still in use that's coming up on the two decade mark?
Reply #2 Friday, August 3, 2007 1:44 PM
Mouse is looking a bit under the weather too...
Reply #4 Friday, August 3, 2007 1:51 PM
It's currently using a 700Mhz processor and running Photoshop like it were on a Core 2!
Of course, I have another PC for gaming etc ...
Reply #5 Friday, August 3, 2007 9:44 PM
Reply #6 Saturday, August 4, 2007 1:11 PM
Reply #7 Saturday, August 4, 2007 1:48 PM
Still have an Atari 2600 from 1980.
Tank Pong anyone?
Reply #8 Saturday, August 4, 2007 2:09 PM
Reply #9 Sunday, August 5, 2007 7:43 PM
Hey HG I love old radios.My Dad bought this
in 1960 in Tokyo when he was in the Merchant Navy.It's National Panasonic Hi-Fidelity Deluxe 
with shortwave,longwave and medium wave.It still sounds great today and it has a nice rich tone.I often still listen to the cricket on it in the summer with a book and a large gin and tonic in the garden.
Reply #10 Sunday, August 5, 2007 8:26 PM
heres mine
Reply #11 Monday, August 6, 2007 5:56 AM
Hey none of the tat we buy nowadays will last this long,or look as good in a few years.
Reply #12 Monday, August 6, 2007 9:57 AM
My grandfather had an old HMV radio that was given to he and my grandmother as a wedding present in the early 1930's...it was still going strong until his death in 1997 and my mother's sister in Coventry England still has it in working order even today.
Apparently it wasn't brand new when it was given to him, so this isn't necessarily a true indicator of its real age....shall hunt and see if I can track down a photo of it for nostalgia's sake.
Reply #13 Monday, August 6, 2007 10:48 AM
The quality of workmanship in those days was superb wasn't it.
Cool.
Reply #14 Monday, August 6, 2007 3:28 PM
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Reply #1 Friday, August 3, 2007 9:34 AM
I also have two Hitachi Super Scan 21 inch monitors I bought at the same time that work like brand new. One is an extra and is now used as a Hidef monitor the other has been in constant service since it was bought, and running at 1600x1200 at 72 Hz without lossing any sharpness or contrast.