Most reliable Hardware EVER!

[Eug]

Beat this: I've run an ISA Trident 8900C 1 MB video card with Windows XP. 😀

It was on a BX mobo by the way, and I'm still using that motherboard, now with a Celery Tualatin.

My Voodoo 3 died only after a couple of years use, but I was overclocking the crap out of it.

BTW, my Apple II+ clone still works.

 

[mbackof]

I have a 10 year old Samsung Syncmaster 17" monitor that has outlived the 3 computers that I've used it on. Best $700 I have ever spent.

Mike

 

[sharq]

Commodore64!!
Damn thing survived a plug into 240v. Yes, I was to blame for it. It had a fuse in it that just needed replacement, and then was back to working. This was more than 12 years back me thinks. I havn't tried it recently, but I think it still works.

 

[MDE]

I've got a 15" Dell monitor that's 13 years old and still going, although it's picky as to what video cards it'll work on.

 

[Rankor]

A 10 year old WD 850MB hdd. Still running somewhere in Mexico.

Probably next reliable would be either soundcards or USR External Modems.

 

[vshah]

i have a 386 zenith lappy, 25mhz, 3 inches thick, monochrome lcd screen with about 1000ms response time, and an 80mb hard drive
still works perfectly, i play win3.1 games on it.
also have a 20mb drive that i havn't tried in years, my dad bought it way way back when he was in college

-Vivan

 

[WHipLAsh13]

Asus P2B motherboard

 

[magomago]

isn't the reason we have these spongier keyboards these days...so we don't get carpel's tunnel syndrome or howveer its spelled

 

[Schadenfroh]

Rendition Vertie 2100 still works, along with my matrox millinium II

 

[mechBgon]

IBM M-series keyboards. Mine both say "1984" on the bottom 🙂

 

[NgtFlyer]

Wow.. you've got mine beat by four years!

As for carpel tunnel, I doubt spongy keyboards help... they require more force than the clickers do..

more force = more fatigue. Honestly, I think it's the 'disposable' mentality.. they are cheaply made and don't last nearly as long.

 

[OverVolt]

I'd say my AMD 1.71Ghz Asus A7N8X rig in sig, It's been running since the day i bought it 😛 (exept a reboot 1/per month or so for windows ups)

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: NgtFlyer
Wow.. you've got mine beat by four years!

As for carpel tunnel, I doubt spongy keyboards help... they require more force than the clickers do..

more force = more fatigue. Honestly, I think it's the 'disposable' mentality.. they are cheaply made and don't last nearly as long.

The IBMs also weigh about 5 pounds each (literally) and could probably double as a hammer or a defensive weapon if necessary.

🙂 ~ pen mightier than sword, but for ninja, even keyboard deadly weapon!

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
IBM M-series keyboards. Mine both say "1984" on the bottom 🙂

so does mine

 

[Hanzou]

My NES!, Its almost over 15 years old and still works. Sometimes you get funk colors and such but its all good.

 

[mtn26bkr]

had a 10 year old system that was running fine untill a little bit ago when we decided it was time for the trash can. an old P1 100 mhz (oc'd 20%... to 120) on god knows what motherboard in an old AT case with way old video/sound and everything, but it did a fine job as a server and as my computer back in Middle School (i remember doing lots of projects with friends in my room on that old thing)

 

[Trenchent]

Oh man i forgot about clickly keyboards... I agree they would not die... I dropped a 2 liter of pepsi on one and it still worked.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: mechBgon
IBM M-series keyboards. Mine both say "1984" on the bottom 🙂

so does mine

Mine too. Some keys aren't working, so I took it apart to clean. 19 years of grime--nasty!
I'm now using a spongy IBM, and missing about every 15-20 key strokes bcause I can't feel if I hit it all the way!

 

[TerryMathews]

Anything that comes out of the business or server division of IBM.

 

[wetcat007]

Originally posted by: IdBuRnS
My 15" Packard Bell monitor. It's 10 years old and still kicking.

That's interesting, i had one catch on fire after 2 years, but that was a 13".

 

[blodhi74]

how about CPU in genral ..... I have never seen a cpu die with normal usage

 

[Paulson]

Originally posted by: NgtFlyer
The old original IBM "clicky" keyboards. I type this from one made in 1988. They don't make them like they used to! I consider all of the modern "spongy feel" keyboards a joke. There aren't many that I like at all.

I couldn't agree more. I have one that was made in 1983... but damn, it's just so nice to work on, even if it is noisy.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Paulson

Originally posted by: NgtFlyer
The old original IBM "clicky" keyboards. I type this from one made in 1988. They don't make them like they used to! I consider all of the modern "spongy feel" keyboards a joke. There aren't many that I like at all.

I couldn't agree more. I have one that was made in 1983... but damn, it's just so nice to work on, even if it is noisy.

i think they still make them in kentucky