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I still have a large collection of PowerPC based macs, though I rarely use them these days. The G4s and G5s can still browse the internet with a special fork of firefox, and they're still good for playing the small library of games released for them.
I'm currently typing this on a 2008 Sony VAIO FW series laptop, running Windows 10. It has a physical wifi switch, among other great features. (but very slow even with 6GB of RAM, I use it at the kitchen table mostly to read the news because I don't care much if it gets abused, and the battery is good for only about 10 minutes even at full charge), I have a Palm Pilot V along with charging cradle and data transfer ca…
I have a laptop from 2012 that I use. Modded original Xbox would likely count. Most of my other old electronics are not computerized or capable of running custom software (at least nothing modern or extensive).
I have a laptop from 2012 that I use. Modded original Xbox would likely count. Most of my other old electronics are not computerized or capable of running custom software (at least nothing modern or extensive).
You'd be surprised what can run on old machines. iMac G3 from 1999 is capable of running the latest versions of FreeBSD.
edit: and a Macintosh LC III that is my SimCity/SimCity 2000 machine. That's all it does-- sit in a corner and wait for me to want to play a game of SimCity.
I imagine that perusal of such places could give you a sense of what surplus equipment is being dumped in the community. You might even be able to chat up the workers and get a little better sense of how much waste is cherry picked versus sent onward to its destruction.
However, I also imagine these are also your competitors if you are trying to validate an idea based on collecting useful "junk" from people.
The most remarkable thing about it are the manuals: They are an excellent introduction to programming, simple algorithms, and explain the need for documentation.
The oldest fitting the actual question (though an n64 and GBC can run custom software technically), and the most interesting thing is a 32bit netbook circa 2011, samsung n150. I wish it were more useful but the 32bit limitation has made it not worth the effort for a while. Also fill in the unsurprising collection of android phones, and a handful of older rpis (zeros without wifi and a 2).
https://old.reddit.com/r/VintageApple/comments/vhk4xy/12_pow...
I test all my shell scripts on it to ensure the maximum of cross compatibility. You can't leave the PPC folks behind.