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Not sure if "Outdated", but I still uses microSD card slot on my Samsung A-Series phone. I might've gone for the S-Series if they had the sd card slot, so yea good job, Samsung, don't dare touching the sdcard slot on the A-Series, or I might just go for like a motorola, or HMD/Nokia or something.

I also have some ham radios and a shortwave radio in case of like government censorship or natural disaster or something (especially considering recent USA politics). I don't use them much, I just randomly scan the frequencies to see if theres anything.

I heard like emergency communications during the Philly plane crash recently, although, I couldn't decipher what they were saying, I just heard some "pieces" and "bodies" and "crater" but its all out of context and I didn't understand a thing. I also heard some people taking about mundane life things on GMRS, or saying they were getting ready to watch the Eagles game. Still have yet to find anything interesting. But I kinda just have radios because I like the idea of having stuff that still have a practical purpose if the internet and cell networks shut down. Like I'm not even "old", I was born after 2000, but still want to radios just to have them.

Count me in for CRTs and old consoles.

I also used a Dualshock 4 specifically for a couple of fighting games until all the dumb micro USBs gave up the ghost. It just worked better than the DS5 for me for some reason just for this specific application.

Controllers are a place where I'm fairly odd and obsessive, in general. I still have fight sticks for the Mega Drive/Genesis and the PsOne. I firmly believe the chunky Sega Saturn controller with the handles is way superior to the bone controller that everybody keeps mimicking, unfortunately. The couple I still have in working order are deeply cherished. I have all sorts of weird, tiny modern controllers, and I still have a PS3 fightpad from the launch of Street Fighter IV. And don't get me started on my hot takes on leverless controllers.

I'm old, my hands hurt and I've gone down some rabbit holes.

Too much to list.

Stuff that was created to do something and does just that.

No fuss, no ads, no updates, no sudden change of terms, no phoning home.

analog watches, also analog odometers/ dashboard

piano, keyboard

dumb fridge, dumb washing machine, dumb can opener, dumb book, dumb eyeglasses, dumb shoes

i like dumb buttons, sliders, knobs and switches vs touch controls

GIFs

My E-61 espresso machine. The machine isn’t that old but the design dates back to 1961. Popping the cover for maintenance reminds me of working on an old car.

It makes great coffee too!

1981 Yamaha turntable and receiver pair. Dad bought them new for my grandparents and I inherited the set when they passed. Fabulous sound and function!

Oil lamps. They have the same appeal that's behind the resurgent popularity of vinyl records. They're hefty, kinesthetic items that feel good in the hand. There's a little ritual that goes into using them. There's the sensory appeal. I bought a Thomas & Williams miner's lamp that was said to have been a prize that the original owner won in a regatta in the 1920's. It's all shiny brass, with a heavy, solid feel, and the parts fit together with such a satisfying precision. There's feeling the heat of the flame, and the slight scent of kerosene that it emits.

(Although, I'm not sure that they're outdated, since they're still manufactured and sold as yacht lamps, and you can still get parts. Last month, I ordered a brand new glass chimney for it.)

We still enjoy using the fireplace, even though our home is heated.

It's an absolute battery hog, so I don't use it as often as I want to, but I got an old 90s Sony Discman some time last year. It came with some amazing 90s over the head in ear wited Sony headphones that works real good as well.

Just looked at the Discman and it was manufactured in '92 in Japan, model D-111, and I think it's real cool. I also checked the headphones and they're MDR-W08 in-ear headphones. Absolutely love both of them together, despite the fact the CD player is the biggest battery hog I've ever seen.

Hell, I got a CD for a game that came out a few years back and my Discman can handle it perfectly okay. I would have expected something to change in audio file formats that would have made this harder to do, so that is really cool K can play it so easily.

• Colt .45 Government Model, 2022 model. Same pistol that won two world wars. TWO WORLD WARS! Seriously though, it's a little freaky that a 114-yo design is still flawless. I have the Valentine's Day patent printed on canvas. My wife is Filipino, they're 1911 fanatics, IYNYN. (Yes, people say they can be problematic. Those people have knockoffs.)

• No idea how old my Sony receiver/amp is, 15-yo? LOL, never even touched all the options on that thing, drives my whole sound system, including remote speakers in the kitchen. Karaoke is badass no matter which way you face!

• 1981 Sony EQ. Rocks out, little tetchy if you touch it wrong (BLAOOOW!), but sitting still once adjusted, perfection.

• 70s Pioneer, rackmount timer system. Not in use but as a clock, stupid cool for the $20 I gave.

• 80s (?) Pioneer single tape deck. Not installed yet!

• Remington 1895 10-gauge, Damascus-steel shotgun, made in the same year. It's the crappiest version, looks like the hillbilly's gun from Loony Tunes, fun as hell, only safe with birdshot. (It was made for black powder, not modern explosives.)

• 20-gauge generic "trade gun" from the 20s. Modern take, "made in China under assorted brand names, same damned unit, stamp a new name on it". Light, never fails to fire, sometimes pops apart after firing. Easy to disassemble!

• 1999 486SX running Windows 98 on a jerry-rigged SSD. Originally an industrial control box, only ever seen 1 video about the beast, stupid rare. Blew the network drivers, still working on it.

• 1970s or 80s Revelation brand pump 12-gauge. Took me weeks to figure out it's just a Mossberg rebranded to sell in Western Auto stores. Yes, auto stores sold shotguns in the day.

• Sawed off (legal), double-barrel, 12-gauge "coach gun" from 1890 or so. Some guy refurbished it, love the look, dead sexy, no good as an antique.

• Assorted crappy shotguns (old sampler for a pic) from every decade except the 1910s and 1930s, I think. Hard/impossible to research, records lost, factory burned or recycled for paper in WWII.

• Watches! Wore my 1987 Swatch today. Assorted Casios, new and old, including the "terrorist" version. Wife got me a sweet one yesterday, probably not 10-yo, doesn't count?

• My body, circa 1971 or so.

My 2 HP printers from the early 2000s

Baskets and wheels.

Does my PC with GTX 1660 count lol? No fancy ray tracing, no DLSS, no 4k, simple 1080p 60 fps gaming.

I still use two SL1210 turntables from Technics. They are from 1991 and still doing a great Job. My father-in-law bought them for his Nightclub he owned back in the days.

I love my double edge razor.s.

Vinyl player.

Me, sweating as I look around my office.

• 3DConnexion SpaceExplorer
• DOS era Gravis controller
• Windows XP era Gravis controller
• Windows XP
• Fountain pens
• Mechanical watches
• Gameboy
• HP-41C calculator
• Old, chrome flashlights

I don't really know where to stop this list. I love old stuff.

The mouse I use on this computer is from the mid-2000s. Just in the past week or so it's losing clicks. I will have to get a new one and I'm ruing it.

It's this one if anyone cares.

My modded new 3DS LL

I am famous for my love of my air fryer. Also, I had my main camera, a polaroid camera, gifted to me by my grandfather (who got it special from the higher-ups of Kodak back when I resided close to Rochester), and I don't ever see myself giving it up.

15 years is old? I have PCs running that are older than that.

I still have my Game Boy lying around here. I think last time I played was 2 years ago. That should be the oldest tech I still use. Apart from the cables in the house.

I haven't used iPods for like 25 years now, but I always liked that you could instantaneously switch songs, and on modern streaming apps I sometimes need to wait for like a second, because it does god knows what in the meantime.

I still use CRTs on occasion.