Guest sibon Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Compare those to my 1963 Sobell TV set which I inherited from my family who bought it NEW in that year, and this set is still in full working order (via a RF modulator of course these days) with great picture and sound. In all that time it has only ever had two services and 3 new valves. And its 55 years old!!!!! Plus my 1957 Sobell Radiogram, at the age of 61 is also still pumping out the sound with no issues at all, and which has NEVER had a service at all! How is your 1972 calculator doing:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Everything seems disposable and made to expire these days. My 8 year old computer monitor has just failed. My PC was made in 2006 and apparently it's virtually a 'miracle' its not in a landfill site at the age of 9! People throw away their flat screen TV's at the age of 5 or 6 as they expire and are deemed not 'worth repairing'. Compare those to my 1963 Sobell TV set which I inherited from my family who bought it NEW in that year, and this set is still in full working order (via a RF modulator of course these days) with great picture and sound. In all that time it has only ever had two services and 3 new valves. And its 55 years old!!!!! Plus my 1957 Sobell Radiogram, at the age of 61 is also still pumping out the sound with no issues at all, and which has NEVER had a service at all! I'd be perfectly happy with a monitor lasting 8 years. The technology moves on so fast anyway that by that point it has no economic (resale) value, and could be replaced with a much better one for a very low cost. My TV though is approaching 10 years old, you get what you pay for and I bought an expensive, top quality TV, a wise investment IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 One of my pet hates dude Stinking, rotten capitalism!! Without which, you wouldn't even have most of the innovations offered to the general public by companies though, would you. Thick stupid Socialists... ---------- Post added 09-03-2015 at 20:40 ---------- How is your 1972 calculator doing:) I actually have one somewhere but it's a real pain remembering which scale I need to use on the rule. Plus it's very big - 24 inches in fact. My HP50g is a much better bit of kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I actually have one somewhere but it's a real pain remembering which scale I need to use on the rule. Plus it's very big - 24 inches in fact. My HP50g is a much better bit of kit. Here you go I bet that you can work out the number of years between 1963 and now in your head. Unless Goldenfleece is posting from the future of course........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 How is your 1972 calculator doing:) I have a pocket metric conversion calculator which was bought from Tandy in 1983/5 and use it constantly. I changed the batteries once but I don't think that was really necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eater Sundae Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I was working in the UAE in 1980 and bought a small chinese multimeter for around £3 or £4. As well as measuring voltage, it is able to measure electrical resistance. I don't know the technology, but in order to measure resistance it must be able to generate a voltage, so I presume it must have a battery within it. I've never opened it to check, but I can confirm that the resistance function still works. So does that mean that it still has a working battery inside it after over 35 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 How is your 1972 calculator doing:) I still have one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Cambridge Made in 1973, still works and in very good condition, lost the manual though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I'm afraid I'm younger than you lot, but my calculator from the early 90's (2 of them in fact) still work fine. The slide rule my granddad gave me also works, although I can only do basic stuff on it. I have a monitor next to me that is about a decade old, it's not in use right now, but I know it works. The resolution is very low though, and it's not worth using even as a 3rd screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) Is this the set you had? http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv12/carosio/sob%201.jpg Edited March 10, 2015 by carosio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 £1200 in todays money. Ooops yep..sorry ---------- Post added 10-03-2015 at 09:54 ---------- How is your 1972 calculator doing:) I'm still having trouble with reverse polish notation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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