whats the oldest component of your computer?

[GoSharks]

the computer you are using the most, right now.

ill start with my 1987 ibm model M keyboard.
second would be my adaptec 2940UW, have had that for ages, bios date 1996.

 

[Shooters]

my floppy drive.....about 1.5 years old.

 

[TallBill]

umm... my... uh.. case is almost 5 months old..

 

[Jzero]

My oldest sun components are probably around 1993-94.
My oldest PC component is probably my ISA NIC (1997) or my 14" monitor (1996).

 

[Kanalua]

Easy, ASUS P2B mobo, 333 Celly....keyboard, all from 1998.

 

[BagFace]

my floppy drive... had it since my old 486 :Q Second would be my mobo... Abit BE6 with the Ultra 66 onboard controller Long live the BX Chipset!!

 

[Aenygma]

My mobo, it is 6 months old.

 

[Aves]

Floppy Drive from '96

 

[JC]

Must be my Ensoniq PCI sound card.

 

[pillage2001]

My keyboard?? 1 year++

 

[Rent]

Floppy drive, then ram, then my Video card

 

[zayened]

my floppy dated back to 1992

 

[Brutuskend]

That would probably be the 486 fan I have cooling my chipset.

Or maybe my floppy drive...........

 

[dionx]

my printer was one of the best ink jets in 1996 and my speakers were one of the best in 1999. other than that, my entire computer setup is less than a year old.

 

[Burnt]

My floppy drive, been using it since the days of my cyrix 120mhz machine

 

[Egrimm]

My original SB Live! got it a month after they were released. I think it was 1998, I can't remember.

 

[Scouzer]

My network card is 5 years old.

 

[Hawk]

floppy or modem, don't remember...

 

[b0mbrman]

All my stuff is less than six months old...except my monitor which is about 11 months old and my floppy which is about 10 years old

 

[Maetryx]

Maetryx here,

I have one of those combo floppy drives. You know: 5-1/4" and a 3-1/2" in one 5-1/4" HH drive chasis. I don't know how old it is. I bought it at a second hand store for $5.00 about a year ago I'd say.

My keyboard is a IBM M2 manufactured in 1994. NO WINDOWS KEYS. I'll get another one in a heartbeat if this one dies. It's awesome.

Finally, I fired up my 1.5GB hard drive the other day. "Big deal" you say, as 1.5GB HDD were common just 5 years ago or so. "Wait up, partner," I say. "You've NEVER seen one like this before."

This is a Micropolis 1528-15. It is a full-height 5-14" differential SCSI drive pulled from some mainframe in 1993. At the time I bought it, it was already several years old! I believe, but haven't confirmed, that this unit was built in 1989(!). When I bought this used in 1993, it cost me $1100.

Micropolis had a 7 year warranty back then, which they honored by sending me an updated BIOS chip for the drive so it would work in my PC. It still required me to purchase a SCSI card (an IN-2000) and a diferential to single-ended converter board made my Rancho Technology. But I broke the 1GB barrier when the common hard drive options were closer to 120MB.

And it still works! Transfer rate is a theoretical maximum of 5MB/s. This setup (drive and Rancho card) should still work with any SCSI card, because SCSI has remained backward compatible for a decade.

You can see this wild wonderful setup HERE
IN-2000
Rancho Technology converter
Micropolis 1528-15

 

[cherrytwist]

I've got a crappy ass 17" monitor that I've had since '98.

I ended up painting it black to match the rest of my components.

Can't see a reason in buying a new one until this sucker dies.

 

[Kenazo]

i have a monitor, floppy, sb16, keyboard and mouse all from 1993-4
booyah 486sx-25 power! ok.. so it's upgraded now, but that was the original. And this was when the next closest computer was a 386.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

a HORRIBLE 14" monitor from '93. YES IT IS MY MAIN MONITOR.:|

i am poor hopefully i'll get a 753df somewhat soon.

blurry at 800x600!!!!!

 

[goog]

Umax scanner and it's ISA SCSI card circa 1998, and the Sparq 1GB drive.
2 components that won't make it to my next system.
My printer is a couple years old as well.

 

[BP]

An AT&T keyboard from a 486dx circa '95.