The oldest tech I have are laptops from 2006, 2008 and 2009, a pc from ~2010 and an android phone from around 2012. I also have lots of newer stuff.
I’ve already built a home server from the most suitable pc. What other real use cases for old tech would you suggest? What is your experience?
I guess, but I don’t have one.
The house came with a wireless button and chime that plugs into the wall. I think I might have some 430MHz raspberry pi HAT the could trigger that chime, but it feels like more work for a more fragile setup.
Couldn’t you just wire the GPIO to the solenoid (maybe through a relay if it needs higher voltage)?
(Or for that matter, use an ESP32 instead of wasting a whole Raspberry Pi on it?)
I could, if I had a physical chime and not just a speaker that plugs into the wall.
The topic was that to do with old phones and computers. I repurposed what I had at hand.