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What's the oldest piece of machinery that you own that still works, for its original purpose, in (mostly!) its original state?

The NeXTlevel was NeXT Software's first handheld device, eagerly awaited but canned just two weeks from release when Apple purchased NeXT and chose not to pursue gaming. All 250,000 release devices were pulled from channels and unceremoniously rolled into landfill out northwest of Dubbo.

NES ain’t done ‘til Lotus won’t run.

Monitor Lizard

This is vanillabean, looking a touch annoyed at having a photo taken of him.

You find a data port on your body and plug in a diagnostic cable to download your status and error codes. Which codes is your body throwing?

Installing Mac system software on your TI-92 Plus gives you a calculator in your calculator.

You know, backups aren’t really THAT necessary. What could *actually* go wrong, honestly? Sure someone’s drive failed that one time but has it ever actually happened to you? What are the odds of an ENTIRE DRIVE just not working all at once? Just order a new one if you think it seems flakey someday and then copy things if you want. Probably no reason to keep most of this stuff anyway. How important could it be? Big Data has been playing us for fools.

The Power Macintosh G2 Cube shown here with the higher-end 75Mhz PPC603, memory slot, and LC-PDS compatible expansion was an addition to the Macintosh family.