What's the oldest piece of hardware in your computer that you still use daily?

[CraigRT]

probably a 3COM NIC.. my DVD-ROM is the next oldest but I don't use it daily.

 

[MarkHark]

 

[sciencewhiz]

my computer is a laptop which is just under 2 years old.

My parents computer (Athlon 1.13 ghz) has a floppy drive circa 1990

 

[MarkHark]

My old BTC Windows 95 keyboard, that I have used since... huh... 95?

Never found another model with the same feeling, so I keep a second identical one unused, just in case the current one should stop functioning

Needless to say, I had to buy an adapter so I could keep using it when I finally moved to an ATX setup.

 

[Viper0329]

My keyboard, Klipsch V.2 400's, and an original SBLive!. They are all about the same age.

 

[CZroe]

I have an SB Live! Value from, '98, but my Bung DoctorV64 256m has to take the cake.

It's a CD-ROM unit with RAM which can simulate a ROM cartridge for an N64. The ROMs can be stored on CD and loaded into memory without a PC, but PC has to be used for dump[ing/backing up ROM cartridges to ROM files through a straight parallel cable. The CD-ROMs on BOTH of my units are broken, so I have to use the parrallel cable (SLOOOOOOOW as hell. My DV64jr512 is parallel-only and loads ROMs nearly instantly). This thing kicks ass though.

 

[jasonsRX7]

Originally posted by: element2k5
my ms internet keyboard pro with onboard usb ports... hehehe they stopped making these when?

and one of my western digital hard drives.. its about 2-3 years old now.. same with the keyboard... its starting to sound like a jet... maybe its time for a new one.. or 4...

Internet Pro keyboard for me, too. Love the usb ports, and the volume control. All their new keyboards are so ugly! I hope this one doesn't break any time soon, bc I have yet to see another one I like as much.

 

[bjork]

floppy drive!@

 

[Wolfsraider]

sblive value about 4 years old and still going strong

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Whitedog
(I don't know if they even still make these or not....but)

Do you remember those old power strips that you put under your monitor that had a lighted switch for each plug (Aux1, Aux2, Printer, Monitor, Computer) in the front of it???

Well, I've had mine since '94 I think. I'm still using it. Originally I had a 14" monitor sitting on top of it. It's had a 21" on it for about 5 years now.

The dang thing still works like a charm!

very similar experience here, I have a Belkin SurgeMasterII I bought for my p66 rig back in a day that is still in use 24/7. It'
s so old the LED on the power switch flickers in out because it's finally failing. I think it's like a 120joules or somethin' so I hook it through another mucho newer one for added protection as we are the lightning capital of the world here and I even leave my stuff on through violent T-storms, so far so good :beer:

 

[foofoo]

the same floppy drive that was in my pentium 233 mmx.
still going strong, but not used that much now.

 

[ekk]

my plextor cdrw 8/4/32 which ive used for like 3-4yrs? . had it when i use to have my p100 packard bell lol .. as well as my optiquest q95 which i used with the old packard bell for about 3-4yrs as well, but its my 2nd monitor now along with my dell 18"lcd in dual config

 

[oldfart]

I guess its my speakers. Microsoft DSS80's. Still sounding good.

Also have a floppy drive, but the question asked for "still use daily'. Floppy is used pretty much for BIOS flashes these days.

 

[TROGDORdBURNINATOR]

Umm...my panaflo I guess...

 

[pillage2001]

My keyboard. Since 2000.

 

[Acanthus]

My Seagate Barracuda III 15GB 7200rpm hd

upgrading to a 1200JB when i get unlazy and put it in.

 

[OldSpooky]

I guess my 440BX motherboard, Dell case, and Dell PSU. Still going strong after 4 years of operation.

 

[PraetorianGuards]

Still got my monitor, Gateway VX900 19" CRT. Going on five years and it's still running like a champ. However, hoping to upgrade to a Dell 1800FP this summer . Also, my keyboard, 5 years too.

 

[Sid59]

my toshiba laptop

 

[AthlonXP]

Happauge WinTV tuner card I got free almost 2 years ago from compUSA during there anniversary sale. Got it free after MIR.

 

[Grminalac]

I still use my Gateway 124 key anykey keyboard, I think It was from a 386 sx. Not sure how old.

 

[CZroe]

Originally posted by: jasonsRX7

Originally posted by: element2k5
my ms internet keyboard pro with onboard usb ports... hehehe they stopped making these when?

and one of my western digital hard drives.. its about 2-3 years old now.. same with the keyboard... its starting to sound like a jet... maybe its time for a new one.. or 4...

Internet Pro keyboard for me, too. Love the usb ports, and the volume control. All their new keyboards are so ugly! I hope this one doesn't break any time soon, bc I have yet to see another one I like as much.

Gotta love that one! I bought 3 because I didn't have enough USB devices to justify buying hubs and it was a kick-ass keyboard. MS screws up the Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down layout in all their recent keyboards plus it was their last with genuine "F" keys.

 

[bluemax]

I've been using this small "Realistic" brand amplifier from Radio Shack ever since I had my Tandy 1000SX back in the XT days! That's about 16-18 years now... still going strong. Short of that, the bookshelf speakers attached to the amp have served me over 5 years but I had a monster-big set of speakers before them that I kept for 10+ years.
Just too darn big to take around. Little speakers do more than those big ones did now....

I'll never give up this amp - it's downright precious to me. *sniff*
Been making music since the beginning....

 

[stevewm]

My IBM Model M that I got with my second computer around 1994. Keyboard itself was manufactuered in 1991..

My first computer, a 66mhz 386sx (originally a 10mhz 8088, broke KB port off 8088 mobo replaced with 386sx mobo) with 20MB hardrive is still in use. Parents and I use it as a simple gaming machine. ( I have checkers, solitate, Hoyle card games, etc... loaded on it.) With the exception of power outages, it has been running 24/7 since around 1997.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: Loop2kill

Originally posted by: optimistic
My Keyboard from 1997? Why don't they make keyboards like this anymore? I'm about to upgrade to a wireless Logitech setup and I think I'll miss the metal clinkity klank feeling of this keyboard.

ah crap i almost forgot about my old usb compaq keyboard that came with my old celey system.

That's not old, you wanna talk old, i use an AT Compaq keyboard(with ps2 adapter) it is so old it doesn't have windows keys on it, I think it was made in 89. I have 3 more of these in the closet for when this one dies. I will never give up this keyboard. All other keyboards bow down in admiration to the l33tn355 of this one.