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Posted by timothy on from the revisiting-the-unary-days dept.

New submitter thereitis writes "Looking over my home computing setup, I see equipment ranging from 20 years old to several months old. What sorts of old and new equipment have you seen coexisting, and in what type of environment?" I regularly use keyboards from the mid 1980s, sometimes with stacked adapters to go from ATX to PS/2, and PS/2 to USB, and I'm sure that's not too unusual.

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  1. My equipment is getting older by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    but college girls' equipment stays the same age.

  2. Coexisting for Perspective by ohnocitizen · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a few old devices I keep by my modern equipment for perspective. You know, a sundial, a vcr, and an iphone 4.

  3. Re:GIVE THAT OLD SHIT AWAY MAN !! GIVE IT AWAY !! by CanHasDIY · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well my 26 year old IBM Model M keyboards I use everyday beg to differ.

    Plus it can quickly be converted into a rather effective cudgel, all the better for bludgeoning AC's with no appreciation of history.

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  4. Re:A few items by mr1911 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why is Slashdot showing this as an archived discussion already?

    Because you are replying to a post about ancient hardware.

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