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View Poll Results: What is the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
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Mouse and/or Keyboard
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33 |
13.98% |
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Monitor
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34 |
14.41% |
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Printer and/or Scanner
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19 |
8.05% |
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Disk Drives (Floppy, CD, DVD, CDRW, Zip, etc)
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39 |
16.53% |
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Video Card
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5 |
2.12% |
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Sound Card
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9 |
3.81% |
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Modem and/or Network Card
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3 |
1.27% |
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Processor
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9 |
3.81% |
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Motherboard
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7 |
2.97% |
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Memory Card
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0% |
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Hard Drive
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3 |
1.27% |
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Speakers
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28 |
11.86% |
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Operating System
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7 |
2.97% |
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Joystick and/or Game Controller
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21 |
8.90% |
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Other (please specify)
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19 |
8.05% |
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07-08-2004, 09:07 PM
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Amo ng Kapahamakan
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan
Posts: 11,775
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What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
Poll time 
Just wondering what is the oldest thing related to the computer you are using that you are still using up to this day. I'm not talking about an old computer or computer peripherals that you gave to your parents or your grandparents - I'm talking about the computer you are using right now, the one you're using to view this poll
If the oldest one you have is not included in the choices above, feel free to tell us what it is
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07-08-2004, 09:14 PM
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Staff Writer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: GarSplash, MO USA
Posts: 971
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Re: What's the oldest computer component/gadget you still use?
The oldest thing related to my computer at the moment is a stickem paper holder bar I bought at Egghead Software store. Remember them? I like to proof on hard copy so it is valuable to me and I take it from comp to comp to hold up my paper sheets. It's a long plastic bar with a plastic clip on the middle of it that holds the paper. Sez Egghead on it. The first comp I stuck it on was an Apple IIGS.
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07-08-2004, 09:16 PM
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Verbal Fury Incarnate
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 2,115
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Re: What's the oldest computer component/gadget you still use?
yay, first vote.
monitor circa 1998. 15 inch lcd
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07-08-2004, 09:17 PM
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Amo ng Kapahamakan
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan
Posts: 11,775
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Re: What's the oldest computer component/gadget you still use?
Mine are my Klipsch Promedia v400 speakers (first promedia speakers released) ... circa 1998, I think ... maybe 1999 
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07-08-2004, 10:02 PM
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Eratic Member
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Self Imposed Hell
Posts: 378
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Re: What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
Computer case and power supply. Antec full tower, its huge. It's from the first computer I built, and I'll reuse it forever, probably.
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07-08-2004, 10:11 PM
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Rabid Trekkie
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: louisiana
Posts: 963
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Re: What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
Oldest thing that I have on my computer that I am using right now is the motherboard/processor (about 2 years old) and my zip drive (about 3 years old).
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80 Gig Seagate Barracuda 7200 SATA HD
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ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Dell 1905FP Digital LCD Monitor
Windows XP Pro SP-2
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07-08-2004, 10:20 PM
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Super Freak
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Somewhere over the Rainbow...
Posts: 1,071
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Re: What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
 My PC is still very young, its about 11months old so i gues nothing is old in it.
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07-09-2004, 03:35 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Icecrown Citadel
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Re: What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
The oldest thing I still use is a Gravis Gamepad Pro, when I'm playing SNES games on an emulator.
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07-09-2004, 10:39 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Denver, Earth
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Re: What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
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Originally Posted by Outlaw
The oldest thing I still use is a Gravis Gamepad Pro, when I'm playing SNES games on an emulator.
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Same here, don't know how people play rom's without one.
Edit: I hate this 4 characters shit.
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07-09-2004, 06:06 PM
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A.K.A. Mr. Moneybags
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: MI
Posts: 833
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Re: What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
Other.
I still play WCW/NWO Revenge on my N64.
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
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07-09-2004, 06:56 PM
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The Damn Korean
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 463
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Re: What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
I know how/when I got all my other stuff but not my Floppy drive. It just seems alot older than everything else on my system. At least 3-5 years.
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07-09-2004, 07:54 PM
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Friggin Awesome
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 47 meters to your left.
Posts: 1,020
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Re: What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
Yamaha YST-M10 Powered Monitor Speakers
Circa 1997??
Oldest "part" I own is probably an old Vectron computer circa 1991...blazing 8 mhz processor...could go 16 on turbo mode. 1 meg of RAM, 40 meg harddrive... 1200 baud (is that the right term?) modem, printer, monitor, came with GeoWorks.
That thing owned. OWNED
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07-11-2004, 01:58 PM
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A.K.A. Mr. Moneybags
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: MI
Posts: 833
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Re: What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
That reminds me of those 16-bit computers. Hehe.
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
-- Elbert Hubbard
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07-13-2004, 04:02 PM
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I Breathe OTS
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
Posts: 4,503
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Re: What's the oldest computer component or gadget you still use?
The keyboard I'm using on my computer is from my 1996 Dell.
The monitor(17" trinitron), and speakers on my other computer are from that same 1996 Dell.
Oh yeah, get this, one of my keyboards that is still in use some of the time is from a Dell from 1989
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2000 Dark Violet Pearl Acura Integra GS- R DC2 - Mine!
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