Favorite Obsolete Tech

The rental market was the best thing in the world. I honestly think that Demo CD's and Rental Shops were the thing that kept the gaming and film industry in check.

 

local neighborhood rental places. didn't have to worry about going back block buster in 3 days since I could just walk half a block down and return it.

 

They call that Redbox now. Yes it sucks.

 

Do you remember the movie?

 

No...but there is a decent chance it was Predator, or some other movie suitable for Halloween, as that was the time of year, and I had made a Predator costume that year. At the time I was painting a three wall graveyard mural for a commercial haunted house put on by the Jaycees in Ft. Walton Beach Florida.

*Later I attended the haunted house in costume, and scared the hell out of some of the staff working the inside of the house; one guy comes up to me in the dark and flips on his flashlight to scream in my face... sees the Predator mask —then falls over backwards on to the ground trying to backpedal away, his light went out... it was almost comical.

 

MP3 Players are apparently considered boomer tech now. But I prefer having my music on something that doesn't drain my phone and is less enticing to steal.

 

Due to a history with Palladium RPGs, this is what 'Boomer' means to me:

 

Books

 

Does this forum count at all? It should.

*throw computer out window*

 

We're all brought together by our love of

 

Morse Code.

 

It is a fitting topic for obsolete tech here since Fallout utilizes the entire aesthetic of obsolescence in its art design.

 

The original Xbox was such a beast.

 

I do collect some obsolete tech. I started collecting a few years ago, starting with a Mac mini.

Here's what I've got so far.

Computers:

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In the order that I acquired them:

- Mac mini G4 (A1103, Early 2005)

- Macintosh Classic (M1420, June 1991)

- MacBook Pro (A1286, Late 2011)

- iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011 | A1311)

- MacBook Air (M1 2020 | A2337)

Some of the computer specs include

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In the order that I acquired them:

Computer Model - Mac mini (A1103)

OS – Mac OS X 10.3.9
Processor (CPU) – 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4
Memory (RAM)– 256 MB of 333 MHz DDR SDRAM
Graphics (GPU) - ATI Radeon 9200 with 32 MB of DDR SDRAM
Storage (SSD/HDD) – 2.5" 40 GB (1.25 GHz) HDD PATA/100 at 4200 rpm
Release Date - January 11th, 2005

Computer Model - Macintosh Classic (M1420) | INFORMATION DOWN BELOW IS DEBATABLE

OS – Mac OS System 6 (v6.0.3 | Built in ROM) | (v6.0.7–v7.5.5( [TBD)
Processor (CPU) – 8 MHz Motorola 68000
Memory (RAM) – 1MB, expandable to 4MB (requires a RAM card); 120 ns, 30-pin DRAM chips required [TBD]
Graphics (GPU) - N/A
Serial Number (S/N) - N/A
Storage (SSD/HDD)–40 MB SCSI hard disk drive optional, Built-in SuperDrive 3.5 in floppy disk drive
Manufactured Date - June 1991
Release Date - [TBD)

Computer Model - MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011 | A1286)

OS – macOS High Sierra (v10.13.6)
Processor (CPU) – 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory (RAM) – 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics (GPU) - Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB/AMD Radeon HD 6490M with 256 MB GDDR5 (maybe?)
Serial Number (S/N) - C02GK4LMDW47
Storage (SSD/HDD) – 750 GB SATA Disk (Macintosh HD)
Release Date - October 24th, 2011

Computer Model - iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011 | A1311)

OS – macOS High Sierra (v10.13.6)
Processor (CPU) – 2.5 GHz Core i5 Quad-Core
Memory (RAM) – 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics (GPU) - AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512MB
Serial Number - C02H2GKWDHJF
Storage (SSD/HDD)– 500 GB SATA Disk Drive (Macintosh HD)
Release Date - May 3rd, 2011

Computer Model - MacBook Air (M1, 2020 | A2337)

OS – macOS Montery (v12.1)
Chip (CPU) – 3.2 GHz 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores via Apple M1
Neural Engine - 16-core Neural Engine
Graphics - 8-core Apple-designed integrated GPU
Memory – 16 GB LPDDR4X-4266 Unified RAM
Storage – 2 TB PCIe-based SSD
Release Date – November 17th, 2020

Vidya Game Consoles:

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From oldest to newest:

- Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

- PlayStation 2 (original fat version)

- Original Xbox

- Nintendo GameCube

- Original Xbox Juan (Original Xbox One)

- NES Classic Edition

- Super NES Classic Edition

- Original Nintendo Switch

- Xbox Juan X (Xbox One X)

- Steam Deck 521GB (late 02/2022)