Obsolete technology we still use, love and play with

But once the sheep have a nice hair cut ... :boink:

 

:nono:

 

Sorry Sam, I just couldn't help myself with the location Enn Zed and all.

 

I use vintage hair combs. I have some jeweled ones from the 30s and 40s and even two mantilla combs. They're getting more obsolete as more women cease to maintain really long tresses.

 

Last time I went down to my Mom's house, I picked up the old Atari 2600 console and game to show my kids what the XBox 360 of the 70 was like, but I couldn't find the little bot that modulates the signal on to TV channel 3.

So I went to Game Stop and asked them if they had the TV modulator cable and the guy said no, but here is a Joy Stick for $20 that plugs directly into your TV's RCA jack and has the top 20 Atari games built into it.

 

We have that Atari Joy Stick...
... but, it doesn't have PacMan.

 

a pencil

6' newt reflector from 89

and "gasp" solar calculator


my new toys are dual socket clovertowns though, waiting on wallet for 45nm upgrade. for F@H and a recent upgrade on a telescope, to a CPC800..but feeling old school with the RS-232 to Db-9 ? slow market i guess...

not into mobile devices really..still carry 2005 flip phone...shurg

 

I have a 1939 Voigtlaender medium format camera that still takes pictures quite well and I enjoy using it, as it is quite challenging to take good pictures with it. I also use daily my grandpa's old turtle shell comb, he's had it since the 40s, so he says and now it's mine

 

We have a nintendo. The NES original. I'm rather young, but that is a game from my youth, and I just LOVE a game of mario every now and then!

 

The atari 2600 has the modulator built in. All you need is a way to connect it to the TV. The cable coming out is a plain video cable with a RCA connector. You can simply cut the end and use the center wire and Peel back the shielding for the second wire(or attach a wire to it). Connect those to the antenna in on the TV useing a 300 to 75 ohm adapter (available in most places that sell tv cables)