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Moonliner

11-29-2010, 02:44 PM

Today I was able to add another entry onto my wall of dead tech.

Today I replaced the last printer still using a Centronics cable. Goodbye old friend. I send you off to retirement with a perfect operational record.

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv243/stevesphotobook/android/img_20101129_143935.jpg

Ghoulish Delight

11-29-2010, 02:59 PM

Geebus Grandpa, I haven't seen one of those in a decade at least.

Moonliner

11-29-2010, 03:02 PM

Geebus Grandpa, I haven't seen one of those in a decade at least.

Which begs the question, what's the oldest piece of tech you (or your company) is still using?

Disneyphile

11-29-2010, 03:08 PM

I have a few of those in a box in the closet. :blush:

katiesue

11-29-2010, 03:28 PM

I have a laser printer that can use those cables. It's at least 12 years old because it was here when I got here and I've been here over 11 years. Our voicemail/phone system is a minimum of 13 years old. And the copier is on it's last leg, but it's about that old as well. We run em till they die here.

Kevy Baby

11-29-2010, 04:12 PM

I kid you not: one of our clients (well, our client's client), who needed to send us a data file of their patient addresses could only supply me an ASCII file because, they are still using (brace yourself): DOS.

The girl I talked to on the phone was actually embarrassed to tell me.

Ghoulish Delight

11-29-2010, 04:34 PM

The wheel.

innerSpaceman

11-29-2010, 04:48 PM

I miss DOS.

JWBear

11-29-2010, 07:01 PM

I don't.

Alex

11-29-2010, 07:28 PM

I do. I really miss a command line interface (yes, I know I could have one but I'm too lazy for that).

lashbear

11-29-2010, 07:30 PM

The wheel.
:snap:

Moonliner

01-04-2013, 11:01 AM

Another noteworthy addition to the wall of Dead Technology.

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv243/stevesphotobook/android/2013-01-04114226.jpg

I said goodby to the last of the XP PC's this week. Now they only live in my memory, and as virtual PC's inside a couple of my Windows 7 systems just for fun.

Kevy Baby

01-04-2013, 01:17 PM

Since it affects something I am working on now and your post above prompted me, I will say that the printer driver CD is now pointless

lashbear

01-04-2013, 04:48 PM

We just last week threw out our hand-held optical scanner.