Tossing out the old technology

[trekkor]

Going through some things tonight.

Zip Drive, 3.5" floppies, non-USB mice and game controllers.
Just trashed them. Why even try to sell them, right?

These were expensive back then.

Amazing that what can easily fit on all of my zip discs and floppies, now fits on one SD card the size of a postage stamp...


"postage stamp"... How much longer will we use that term

Things have really changed in the last 15 years.


KT

[JavaBrewer]

Technology...science...Just guesses...

jk Trek.

I don't even have a VCR player anymore. I sold all my VCR tapes (boxes of them...loads and loads of Disney) to a day care center for $40.

[trekkor]

I still have my VCR... I don't use it.

I need a Hi8 video cam or player to extract some in-car footage.

I'm guessing MiniDV will be out before long, too.

High capacity SD cards are pretty cool.

They hold more memory than most computers used to hold just a short time ago.



KT

[serge944]

I still can't let myself part with my MD collection...

[Schumi]

I'm actually considering getting another MD deck for my stereo. I loved minidiscs. Really neat technology IMO... a lot of people just think they are miniature compact discs, but they are actually magneto optical disks.

[austin552]

Get ready to toss those dvds also...

[Scuba Steve]

Originally Posted by Schumi

I'm actually considering getting another MD deck for my stereo. I loved minidiscs. Really neat technology IMO... a lot of people just think they are miniature compact discs, but they are actually magneto optical disks.

Like the old NeXT cubes had?

At work by one of the entrances we have a stamp machine. It's probably empty and I think sold 35 cent stamps? It has a sticker with something typewritten on it and says 1995. It wouldn't surprise me if it's been years since anyone has used it.

I've purged most old computer stuff that's not needed anymore. The only things I know are still around are some Apple ][ memory cards (16/32/64K and one made by Microsoft!). I've got 3 shoeboxes packed with games disks that I'd love to find someone out there to import to disk images for me so I could use them with an emulator. Still got a box of 400/800/1.4MB disks I need to import to use with a Mac emulator too. Got a SCSI II card for a Quadra 950 that only works with AIX... cool looking card. (connects 21 drives!!!) I'll probably find some interesting way to frame it along with a 386 motherboard left over.

[TechnoViking]

I read somewhere that BlueRay could be the last disk. After that, media will be streamed to you, wherever you are.

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by austin552

Get ready to toss those dvds also...

You can toss them my direction.

Found a brand new in the box Sony Walkman in my stuff recently. Guess its destined for Craigs list or the trash...

[M.D. Holloway]

Joe - hang on to it! Seriously. A Commodore 64 went for huge bucks recently on Ebay. Everyone pitches that stuff. I wish I had one of the first Apple computors. I still have a 1950's reel-2-reel tape player. I wish I had kept my 8 track players as well.

[Rusty Heap]

Still have my dads Super8 movie projector, here's one just like it on ebay for almost $100

B&H Dual Super8 / 8mm Variable Speed Autoload Projector - eBay (item 180443273497 end time Dec-17-09 19:00:40 PST)

I Even have a Susie-homemaker Easy Bake oven from the 60's......wish I still had my Peanuts lunchbox...

Easybake ovens or lunch pails complete often go for $40-50!

1960's KENNER EASY BAKE OVEN/ PLUS ACCESERIES - eBay (item 230411211482 end time Dec-17-09 18:00:11 PST)

vintage peanuts lunch, great deals on Collectibles on eBay!

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

Joe - hang on to it! Seriously. A Commodore 64 went for huge bucks recently on Ebay. Everyone pitches that stuff. I wish I had one of the first Apple computors. I still have a 1950's reel-2-reel tape player. I wish I had kept my 8 track players as well.

My Father had a Roberts reel to reel deck that I finally gave up on and donated it to Goodwill. Still remember that and the other stereo things that many of us gave up on when "transistors" came along!

Friend of mine in Dallas still has one of the very first Altair computers, like new in the box. He is going to hold onto it until its really worth something. Hope he makes a million!

[Schumi]

I had an original Apple IIc with the 6" greenscale monitor, external add-on floppy drive, apple modem, all the original manuals and boxes and disks in perfect condition.

I gave it to a kindergarten teacher I knew for her classroom as I had some old kids learning games for it that were simple to use (you put in the disk and turn the computer on, no operating system, no confusion). I think it got thrown out when the school got all new computers in the classrooms circa 2004.

The original boxed set of what I describes now sells on ebay regularly for 4-500$.

[sammyg2]

Not sure but I think I may still have my old sony betamax up in the attic

[mikehinton]

I just came across my Toshiba beta-vcr last weekend. I think I still have some old F1 races (recorded from ESPN) on beta tapes. . .

[john70t]

Originally Posted by Martin Smith

I read somewhere that BlueRay could be the last disk. After that, media will be streamed to you, wherever you are.

I think that will go over as well as Google Chrome. Who would let themselves be chained to the internet to access their own private/purchased information?

Even if the US wireless network was perfect on every foot of soil, there are still privacy and "ownership" rights in question.

[TechnoViking]

You could still keep it on your hard drive (DVR, PC, iPod, whatever). Just no more disks.

[gprsh924]

Originally Posted by john70t

I think that will go over as well as Google Chrome. Who would let themselves be chained to the internet to access their own private/purchased information?

Even if the US wireless network was perfect on every foot of soil, there are still privacy and "ownership" rights in question.

You could purchase it through streaming and then have it go onto a harddrive that you own. I'm already moving past disks. I couldn't tell you the last time I watched a movie on dvd. I either rent it from iTunes or download it, then hook up my laptop to my tv. My next laptop will have an hdmi output so I will be able to watch stuff in HD. Way easier than messing with dvds that get scratched and lost.

[john70t]

I hear what your saying, and agree that lazer disks, Lp's, 8tracks,and betamax tapes take up a lot of wall space....... but the issue is TRUST.
-Do you trust in the future you'll always be able to make a permanent backup copy?
-Do you trust that you'll be given another free copy from the company if your purchased one is corrupted?
-Do you trust you and your family will be able to use samples of it under the Fair Use Act without being arrested, or having you're bank account drained remotely?

Do you trust Big Media companies?
They have sued to prevent the use of tape recorders, rwcd/dvd's, camcorders, etc. They have increased media prices far beyond normal inflation. They have sued little children for hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have bullied for privatized internet spying(aka "trojan horses") and are suspected of releasing viruses on the internet sabotaging thousands of man-hours.
Obviously I don't trust them.

[porsche930dude]

Im surprized cds/dvd have become the media of choice. They scratch so damn easy. they should have made them with a protective case like the old floppys