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Previously on "Devices that Time forgot."
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
the teasmade
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostLast floppy used was - ah yes, that would be the floppy that came with a hard disk circa 2004. Bloody Windows refused to copy it because it contained DR-DOS and as a result I never got the drive working. The git Gates owes me good money for that disk drive.
I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time.
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Netbooks - a neighbour had one which she used for surfing in the pub and I was impressed enough with it to want one. It was an ASUS I think and you could run server software on it. Not made any more, apparently.
Fax machine - last fax machine expired a day after its warranty ran out. Having seen the line of OTT cars outside the place it came from I wondered if they had programmed it to do that. Won the court case about the service contract they forced me into to get an economic repair. I sold it sharpish and didn't bother with another.
Calculators - haven't got one. If I were still doing accounting packages I'd be after a good desk calculator with a till roll, like the one I used to have (much got sold off cheap when I emigrated).
CRT tellies - still got a Sony Trinitron which when last aired was going strong. Expecting them to cut off anaiogue broadcasting before it packs up, but I haven't used it for a couple of years now.
Cameras - got shut of my SLR in the cash-strapped early 90s and have done with pocket sized point and shoot jobbies since then. Might treat myself to a DSLR this summer.
It must be nearly 30 years since I rented any videos.
Have an early iPod somewhere. The last time I used it was to catch up on some Radio 4 programme or other.
Alarm clocks. Got well and truly chucked off with the digital thing that works from a radio signal when it lost said signal and woke me up at something like 3 am. Got a battery powered one with a proper pair of bells on top that works fine. Darmstadt's point about the ticking noise noted, but I've got used to mine.
Satnav - never had it and therefore don't miss it.
Last floppy used was - ah yes, that would be the floppy that came with a hard disk circa 2004. Bloody Windows refused to copy it because it contained DR-DOS and as a result I never got the drive working. The git Gates owes me good money for that disk drive.Last edited by Sysman; 4 March 2015, 19:20.
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Which is a perfectly reasonable if disappointingly unsmutty reason :-(
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Originally posted by original PM View PostWas that from before you could get a vcr so you could watch your erm instructional videos :$
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Not true about Dictaphones AKA voice recorders. Modern ones are much smaller and more convenient than the smallest mobile phones.
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostWe've got a microfiche reader in our bedroom.
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Comparing Google Maps with a proper SatNav is daft. Comparing it even with a proper SatNav app is daft.
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Alarm clocks - I have a bedside clock that's also a charging station for my landline DECT phone (which I expected to be on the list)
Calculators - Use one at home pretty often, the mid 20's accountant at this client uses one all the time to check stuff.
Video rentals - No idea when I used one, not sure of the last time I saw one
Fax machines - A function built into my printer/scanner thing last used a year or so back for a contract "wet" signature.
Voice recorders - Never used one, but I know a solicitor who uses one for notes, keeps it separate from his phone.
Netbooks - Use one every day I'm away from home as a Slingbox client host and occasional browsing. Small, ok battery life, reasonably rugged and expendable. Have used it as a proper PC on a few occasions when I needed to.
Satnav - Use one all the time more practical than phone for the task and it stays in the car.
CRT television sets - I still use one as my main TV at home as it has superb sound and a nice clear screen, I will retire it when it busts or I find a feature on a flat screeny one that I want enough to buy it.
Floppy discs - Can't recall the last time I used.
MP3 players - Never much used one, my sons who did all use their phones now.
Film - Can't recall the last time I used
Our brains - duhhhhhhhhhhh
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Alarm clocks - the trouble I have with clockwork alarm clocks is that I can hear the bloody ticking while trying to get to sleep so my Big Ben got consigned to the cellar. I now have a digital one in a big rubber case which still works even after throwing it across the room
Calculators - been using one this week to do my mileage book
Video rentals - sadly our local one shut down a couple of years ago. I used enjoy going in there, mainly to look at the covers of weird Italian horror porn movies
Fax machines - still got and use
Voice recorders - never had nor used one
Netbooks - got one for Frau D. but seems to have been put somewhere in my office where I can't find it. I thought they were a reasonably good idea at the time but the keyboard was just too small and in the end, unusable for anything such as writing documents
Satnav - the one in my car is pretty damn good. Apart from the traffic stuff I can surf the web, FB, tweet, stream music and a bunch of other stuff (even shows how much BHP I'm using at the time!)
CRT television sets - one in the cellar as a backup
Floppy discs - still use although had to buy a USB floppy drive. OS/2 and BeOS get installed now and then!
MP3 players - iPod in the car (although the Satnav has a built-in 20gb hard drive for music) or on holiday
Film - on holiday we buy those disposable cameras just for fun
Our brains - nope, not seen in a long time...redundant presumably
I think they need to go back another 15-20 years as many of these items are still very current...the bloke who wrote it seems a bit younger and so probably never came to use or rely on these things
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