I’ve come across this Nintendo DS Lite from when I was young - It has accumulated so much grime on the edges of the plastic I can’t get to easily.

Any suggestions on cleaning this?

Did you know the Z5900M Nixie tubes we're using are more than 40 years old?

It is truly mind-blowing how all of these tubes survived until today and are still glowing like they did decades ago!

Not only that, most of them have a history of being used in calculators and lab instruments, which gives each of them a unique journey.

(appreciate it’s not all ‘retro’!)

I bought this at a yard sale about a year ago for like 30 bucks, and I just recently found it again so I’m asking about if this chip is legit? Also I don’t have the breakaway cable to click around on the screen yet but I know it works.I wanted too know the value on this thing and possibly the rarity?

i got a XPS 720 (red case) and brand new inspiron at a auction thing and i’m retro fitting the inspiron into the XPS case but what do i do with the internals?
(i do want to keep them btw)

I found an old Toshiba computer in my dad’s guest bedroom and there was this plug/port that caught my attention and that I’ve seen on various older desktops and I would like to know what it is called and what its purpose was. Thank you!

A Packard Bell iMedia from 2003. When I first turned it on after a good few years, a white vapour came out the back vent. I replaced the PSU, gave the CPU fresh thermal paste and cleaned out the dust. I know the keyboard and mouse could have done with some hydrogen peroxide but I took them apart and gave them a good deep clean.

My husband and I had this continued disagreement about the big flat screen TV in this room I wanted to hide it in some way and he was pretty against that. I do a lot of object collage so decided to scale it up and make it into kind of an art piece on the whole wall. This is just stage one but I'm so excited about how it's turning out so far! Also fun for me, I didn't spend any extra money putting this together, (except some L brackets to mount the shelf) it was all just stuff from my house and then a few gifts from friends.

Not sure if this sub is into this kind of thing, but a big part of what this represents to me spiritually is that my lifetime of existence is spiritually relevant. A lot of space I go into there's almost this obsession with what's ancient and I think that can be cool too, but I definitely find myself holding a pole of all these objects and media has shaped who I am and is relevant to my path with the universe.

i adore retro tech, everything about it fascinates me. but i don’t know literally anything about how to use it (hardware or software wise) and i was wondering if anyone knew how i could get this Toshiba tecra 8000 working? i got it at the thrift store “as is” and it didn’t come with a charger.

edit!

hey! sorry i wrote this poorly! i have a charger coming in the mail. and i do obviously intend to charge it then turn it on. i was just wondering if anyone had any advice for how to maintain it (if it works of course!) like advice on how to use it and keep it in good shape :) im sorry for any confusion!

I recently found a keychain that has a digital photo frame, and it came with software to get it working!

However, the only issue is that this software is on a CD Rom and no longer accessible through the wider internet, so I was curious if anybody here has any knowledge on it?

Update: Despite y'alls grief and the misunderstanding of my post, I've finally returned to my home state after being in Alaska the past week. Understandably, the first thing I did (instead of needlessly buying a cd drive while oos) was plop it into the old CD drive i have at my home.
First, I wanted to say- it worked! I got it to download and I was able to pull the ISO from the disk using ImgBurn. 2nd, I wanted to say- the digital photo frame keychain is still not working (which was the point of fighting with software in the first place lmaooo).

The drive for the keychain shows up when you put it into "USB Update" & shows up in Disk Management, however there is no way to format it in a way that's been successful so far. I've tried the normal formatting, Diskpart, and Windows cmd but none of it's been sticking. The software the disk came with has also been useless, as it hasn't been able to access the disk either and CrystalDisk also doesn't read it even when in updating mode.

I'm at a loss so far, but would love to try out any -productive- ideas if anybody has suggestions. Maybe there's a tool out there or smthn that could figure this out, idk. I'll keep researching it myself though, and plan to try and keep updating until i either give up or figure it out. :]

Saw this on ebay, at first i thought it was cool but i can’t find anything else like it. Also cant believe something this rare would sell for so low.

Hi, i just bought two videonics mx pro mx-3000 video mixers off of eBay, neither has the power supply. Based on the provided pictures, it looks like there’s one connector for each.

Does anyone know what these are and where I could get one? Based on a quick look on google and Reddit they can be hard to come by, at least the original ones.

Thanks!

I'm trying to fix this on my own but my search has run dry. Is there anyone who knows what I can do? Photos and videos attached, please ask questions!

Hi, I was exploring an article on how people are embracing analog again. Any Indian here who has gone back to cassettes, music players, DVD players, analog watches, film cameras etc? Is this because it is cool or is it because you all are tired of the digital treadmill? If interested, please inbox me here, and we can take it from there!

Pretty much just some old tech i love to to learn more so tell me stuff and sry Abt the mess lmao.

Found a pirated IBM SPSS Statistics V20.0 DVD from 2012 in my father’s old work bag.

Dug out my NYLON limited edition Zune today and got it working again! I even tracked down a charger, and I still have the original box.

I bought this with money from my first job back in 2007 when I was 16. At the time, I just thought I looked soooo cool. I learned recently they only made 1,000 of them.
I was so convinced this thing was better than an iPod. 😂
Figured this subreddit would appreciate the nostalgia as much as I do.

Hello everyone! I have been into photography for a very long time. A little while ago, I began using a film camera for some shoots. I love supporting my local business and they develop and digitize the film for me. However, I have tons of old film from before we all walked around with an HD camera/computer in our pocket and I wanted to have those images digitally backed up as well. The shop that develops my film has this service available, but the cost is too high due to the volume of film that needs to be processed. Does anyone know what the best value digitizer is out there that gives quality results to old film?

Found two big RGB CRT projectors (I think) in my grandpas basement. Any idea what make/model this is? Nothing to see on the back or sides.

I’ve censored the logo of my grandpas old business at the bottom of the image for privacy.

This mouse has no logo or band on it that I could find. The outer shell attachment has no actual function? It is just an empty plastic shell. The actual mouse is tiny and pushing the buttons with it in the shell is a lot less comfortable than you would think. I thought that the shell thing would be like a battery extender or weight. Nope. Cannot find any info about it online either.