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1992 NAD 3020i hi-fi amplifier. Used most days. Still sounds great. Does that count? ;). How about a "Tesco Value" Microwave (yes that really was the brand), bought for £22 in 2006, still used many times a day?
I'm not a minimalist, and I'm somewhat possessed by my possessions. Stuff that comes to mind: A few commodore 64's, a vic 20, C128, IBM 5155, RS/6000F80, Apple SE/30, Power Mac G3, Libretto CT70, ipaq hx4700, hp streambook 11, Lenovo T420, Olivetti M6 460 Suprema, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Playstation, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Super Nintendo, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, Atari 2600, A couple Dell Optip…
That's an interesting accumulation of old computer systems. Is this a collection that you're curating, or just an accumulation over the years?
Some I remember from early childhood, others seemed historically significant and yet others were just cool looking and happened to fall into my lap for random reasons, like the IBM 5155 that I got from a guy at school who'd have been keeping it, but couldn't take it with him when he moved.
I grew up without rich parents, and probably got a hording streak from really wanting to make sure I'd never go without computing, no matter what kind.. These days, I'm also kind of worried about when the general purpose computer is either outlawed or just organically becomes unobtainable, and so, at least I'll have whatever I have, and have enough hardware to last my time out (especially the older stuff is easy to repair)
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Easy to turn an old Android phone into a webcam (I wrote this up for a less tech-savvy friend): http://teadragon.org/?q=content/turn-old-android-phone-or-ta... Once set up, you can plug the stream into a security software on a PC or NAS to record the stream, detect motion, etc.
That is not a webcam, is an IP cam.
1992 NAD 3020i hi-fi amplifier. Used most days. Still sounds great. Does that count? ;). How about a "Tesco Value" Microwave (yes that really was the brand), bought for £22 in 2006, still used many times a day?
you might want to take a look at the capacitors of the amplifier and potentially replace them. If they have degraded, replacing them would make it sound even better. Apart from such a degradation modern stereo amplifiers are likely not any better, so it's smart to keep it.
Not programmable examples: Ancient mp3 player that uses regular AAA size batteries. Still in use, now and then. Not being able to economically replace batteries has doomed many other devices I've owned. Got rid of a forty-year old Sony alarm clock with a snooze alarm that auto-reset for the next day just this year, for reasons of weight; it still worked well and was in use.
Did you give it away?
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Easy to turn an old Android phone into a webcam (I wrote this up for a less tech-savvy friend): http://teadragon.org/?q=content/turn-old-android-phone-or-ta... Once set up, you can plug the stream into a security software on a PC or NAS to record the stream, detect motion, etc.
The issue is that mobile devices (phones, tablets) are not really designed to run continuously like that. At a minimum, you'd want to remove the battery and connect a separate power source. And even then, the electronics inside might still overheat and degrade.
Motorola Moto G first gen (release date 2013) Ipod touch 5th gen (release date 2012) Edit: Ah you want to run custom software, nevermind the ipod then.
Aren't iPod Touches essentially iPhones without the cell modem? I would think it's able to run custom software at least in some sort of developer mode.
I’ve had to change the battery, and the iPod is quite beat up. But it works great.