Poll: What's the oldest system component that you have in your current system?

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Darksamie

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Mar 23, 2000
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My modem.....is this sounding all too familiar? It's one of those USR Sportster 56k models :) About 2 years old
 

jd in IL

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Dec 7, 1999
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Good one Rodger, the user! :) Other than the floppy, which is probably 5 years old, a fan out of an AT PS. Yea most AT PS's aren't that old, but I mean a REAL IBM AT! That's a 286 for the young folks. Which means it's about 15-16 years old. Mounted above my PS in the HX08 it's still quiet and blowing strong.
 

GregMal

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Oct 14, 1999
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How about my 5 1/4" floppy....yes I've still got mine installed
and I use it to back up data.......Greg
 

Charles

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Nov 4, 1999
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My Sony floppy drive and Pioneer Super 36X Slot-loading CD-ROM. I bought them in Summer 1998.
 

Horsepower

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Oct 9, 1999
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Iiyama VM Pro 502 is 2 years old,next is a 3com 3C905B nic at 1.5 years, then an Adaptec SCSI card at 10 months.
TBird 1.1ghz on Epox 8KTA2, Matrox G450, SBLive Platinum, IBM 30gig ATA100 hd.
 

bluemax

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Apr 28, 2000
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Mine is the classic soundcard, the Roland LAPC-1 (MT-32 on a 13" ISA card.) It's still a hottie even today, although not used by games anymore. For anyone who writes music, its VERY flexible synthesizer is incredibly cool... I have thousands of different sounds to play with! It doesn't sound great for acoustic stuff like pianos, but I have a Super Sound Canvas for that. :)
 

ArkAoss

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Aug 31, 2000
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hmm 32x cdrom. . pretty old. . nuthin else, i've owned over a yr. .cept floppy, and some cables, oh i do have a suncom joystick that is bout 3 yrs old, so old the ps2 keyboard passthough is corroded, so i hafta use the AT. .
 

novice

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Mar 9, 2000
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Probably my sound card: a Diamond Monster Sound M80, which predates the MX200 and 300. It still works fine and supports A3D, so it works nicely in games.
 

erub

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Jun 21, 2000
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I forgot about my monitor - Dell 17", it will turn 3 in feburary! My other system is using a Dell (14"??) monitor from 1990 - SVGA! It still works fine though, as long as you don't try a resolution higher than 640x480.
 

EvilKnevil

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Dec 23, 2000
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let's see

i got a 3 year old 24x cd-rom which is extremely picky with the media it reads..grrr :confused:

also an ISA Supra 56k modem...around 2 years old
 

Coolie

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Aug 17, 2000
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Its a tie between my motherboard (Abit BM6) and my 40X CD-Rom drive, both are about 1-1/2 yrs old.
 

Bignate603

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Sep 5, 2000
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Everything in my system is about 3 months old. I couldn't salvaged anything form my old system because I was giving it to some other people.