Just wondering what passes the test of time? I personally have an old Casio watch and if you count fruit trees, those are pretty old too.

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 days ago

    Hmm, probably cookware from the 1960’s. Furniture too, if that counts. It’s possible something in the kitchen is actually a generation older, although I’m not sure.

    If you include decorations as opposed to just tools it goes back almost arbitrarily (I have 19th century heirlooms, pre-settlement arrowheads and Cambrian period fossils), but I think the spirit of the question is more about things finding a totally pragmatic application.

    Edit: I also have a touch-sensitive lamp of a similar age to the cookware. I’m not sure how it works exactly, but I’m guessing the entire exterior is one big capacitor, and it must have a very early transistor inside to switch it. It’s not quite used daily, but it’s sure interesting.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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        7 days ago

        Huh, very cool! Nobody in the family could remember where mine actually came from. Nobody else knew enough about electronics to be impressed by how old it is, either. Actually I’m lucky it came up.

        There’s no markings I can see. If Alladin had a patent on it maybe that would be the place to start looking for the model.

        There’s no mechanical relay I can hear and no tube warmup period, but on the other hand it has no boot period and it does behave oddly depending on the quality of mains power (so analog). The person who almost certainly bought it died in the 1970’s.