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Intoluene posted:I'm Australia, they're repurposing payphones as WiFi hotspots. Only if you're with a certain ISP but still, neat idea to refresh something so obsolete. In some parts of Scotland (and possibly the rest of the UK), some old phone booths are used to hold defibrillators. Handy to know that it's there, shielded from the elements but easy enough to get even if nobody local is about.
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Mar 15, 2016 00:50
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Dick Trauma posted:Any technology with "-o-matic" in the name ought to be forced into obsolescence if it isn't already there. Obviously, that poo poo wouldn't fly in Glorious HFCS-ica.
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Mar 15, 2016 00:57
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mobby_6kl posted:poo poo, forgot CF cards were still a thing, it seemed everything short of top-tier SLRs moved to SD by now. You could definitely stick a CF card in there, or even a couple of them, actually. And yeah, it's just for sentimental value or making what you already have work. SD cards are still slow as poo poo compared to CF and the new 1DX MK II uses CFast 2.0, which is basically a SATA drive in the Compact Flash form factor. When you in the high end, SD won't cut it at all.
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Mar 15, 2016 01:00
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jyrka posted:Anywhere else had these cards for payphones in the 90s? Phone cards are interesting because there was a huge collector's market for them which was decimated after phone cards went out of use. It's like everyone, including collectors, forgot they even existed. Rare cards went from hundreds of pounds to throwaway in just a few years. Here's a good site about it. Choice quotes: quote:Far more easier is the valuation of more common cards, where 90-95% off the value of the last published catalogue price list does seem to be consistently accurate. ..and regarding a particularly rare commemorative phone card: quote:In the current Phonecard catalogue the card has a list price of £450, and it was known that a number of these cards exchanged hands in the nineties for £650+. Today this card struggles to achieve a mere £30. Looks like Beanie Babies weren't the worst collectable investment you could have made in the 90s.
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Mar 15, 2016 01:21
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flosofl posted:Not for payphones, but pre-paid calling cards are still totally a thing. In the US, gas-stations and convenience stores will usually have a wall full of these things. They're mostly used by immigrants to call back to the Old Country. There are some that target special pricing on a per-minute basis to Africa, Central/South America, and Europe. Weirdly, I can't recall seeing any for Asia, but I'm sure they exist. They definitely have ones for various areas of Asia. You see them more in places that have a high proportion of Asian immigrants, for obvious reasons.
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Mar 15, 2016 01:28
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Of course it's obvious, Asians typically move to areas that have a high concentration of Asia-specific phone cards and shops
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Mar 15, 2016 02:04
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flosofl posted:Not for payphones, but pre-paid calling cards are still totally a thing. In the US, gas-stations and convenience stores will usually have a wall full of these things. They're mostly used by immigrants to call back to the Old Country. There are some that target special pricing on a per-minute basis to Africa, Central/South America, and Europe. Weirdly, I can't recall seeing any for Asia, but I'm sure they exist. I have seen Asian cards, usually easy to discern by the cheesy "ching chong" typeface on the front. Never really closely looked at them to determine the rates, though.
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Mar 15, 2016 02:59
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Arsenic Lupin posted:The TSA-approved locks for your luggage. Obsolete technology: key blanks and a file.
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Mar 15, 2016 04:01
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Whatever happened to Picture in Picture? I just got a new TV for the first time in years and it is huge. I thought I could watch Netflix on it while playing games but nope. Now most TVs don't come with it I guess.
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Mar 15, 2016 05:10
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DocCynical posted:SD cards are still slow as poo poo compared to CF and the new 1DX MK II uses CFast 2.0, which is basically a SATA drive in the Compact Flash form factor. When you in the high end, SD won't cut it at all. One thing that sucks about CF drives is how easy it is to ruin it by shoving a card in a little crooked or have a card with a plugged hole, and bend one of the pins. I assume most cameras now have the little trapdoor to stop you from sliding the card in crooked, but still, keep your cards clean and don't use cheap cards with shittily molded plastic 
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Mar 15, 2016 08:53
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The Fuzzy Hulk posted:Whatever happened to Picture in Picture? I just got a new TV for the first time in years and it is huge. I thought I could watch Netflix on it while playing games but nope. Now most TVs don't come with it I guess. Which brand and model? Most major brands still had it that I know of up until last year when I got out of AV repairs and sales. Let me know which one - I can probably help - even if it takes a test firmware I can get as a service agent. davidspackage posted:One thing that sucks about CF drives is how easy it is to ruin it by shoving a card in a little crooked or have a card with a plugged hole, and bend one of the pins. I assume most cameras now have the little trapdoor to stop you from sliding the card in crooked, but still, keep your cards clean and don't use cheap cards with shittily molded plastic I have never had a problem with CF slots on camera, maybe their build tolerances were tighter. As for the dime a dozen card readers - holy gently caress they are terrible.
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Mar 15, 2016 09:06
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Dick Trauma posted:Any technology with "-o-matic" in the name ought to be forced into obsolescence if it isn't already there.
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Mar 15, 2016 09:10
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Nice! http://www.electrokinetica.org/d6/3/1.php explained to me why this is actually a sensible thing to do: quote:[The arrangement where you move heads around instead of flipping the tape] forces the designer into some compromises regarding head structure and prohibits the use of separate record and playback heads. Furthermore, the accuracy of head positioning (which is crucial for good performance) can be impaired by the flip-over mechanism, making this arrangement undesirable for high-end decks.
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Mar 15, 2016 09:41
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Buttcoin purse posted:Nice! http://www.electrokinetica.org/d6/3/1.php explained to me why this is actually a sensible thing to do: The accuracy of head positioning is always crucial for good performance. 
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Mar 15, 2016 09:45
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The Fuzzy Hulk posted:Whatever happened to Picture in Picture? I just got a new TV for the first time in years and it is huge. I thought I could watch Netflix on it while playing games but nope. Now most TVs don't come with it I guess. I asked a TV repair guy about that once. Ends up no one ever used it. I think some TV's have the capability, but it's no longer promoted. Kind of like when I was a teenager and reading about this brand new technology called High Definition television. One of the perks was watching multiple shows at the same time, but in reality that isn't something anyone does.
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Mar 15, 2016 10:35
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Collateral Damage posted:I like the -o-matic suffix. Likewise with -tron. Tron-O-Matic
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Mar 15, 2016 12:46
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Win95-o-matic. Look at this guy, he's so happy to finally get his hands on two copies of Windows 95 
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Mar 15, 2016 13:30
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Krispy Kareem posted:I asked a TV repair guy about that once. Ends up no one ever used it. I think some TV's have the capability, but it's no longer promoted. 
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Mar 15, 2016 13:36
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KozmoNaut posted:Win95-o-matic. Another bit of obsolete technology in that picture: the massive cardboard boxes games and software came in in the 90s.
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Mar 15, 2016 13:46
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KozmoNaut posted:Win95-o-matic. Look at the lady to the right. Look at those eyes, look at that knowing smile. She wishes one of those boxes were her's. And if she plays her cards right, it will be. That poo poo cost $109 retail. In 1995 dollars.
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Mar 15, 2016 13:55
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They were locks designed to be open without your key, they were obsolete and failed day one by design.
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Mar 15, 2016 14:06
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Krispy Kareem posted:I asked a TV repair guy about that once. Ends up no one ever used it. I think some TV's have the capability, but it's no longer promoted. When I worked at a re-seller for televisions, back when LCD was a new thing, we had customers that were obsessed with PIP. It never worked right, and sound was a huge problem, and some sources wouldn't do PIP. No one ever used it, but customers insisted that it worked so they could play with it for 5 seconds and get bored.
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Mar 15, 2016 14:14
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davidspackage posted:One thing that sucks about CF drives is how easy it is to ruin it by shoving a card in a little crooked or have a card with a plugged hole, and bend one of the pins. I assume most cameras now have the little trapdoor to stop you from sliding the card in crooked, but still, keep your cards clean and don't use cheap cards with shittily molded plastic I've never encountered this with the card itself but the pins on the reader can easily be destroyed. I used to work as a field tech for Fujifilm and idiot customers inserting cards into photo kiosk media readers sideways and smashing the pins was so common that they started supplying stores with removable secondary pin sets that prevented the permanent pins in the reader from being damaged.
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Mar 15, 2016 14:38
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jyrka posted:Another bit of obsolete technology in that picture: the massive cardboard boxes games and software came in in the 90s. I picked up a USB copy of Windows 10 recently and the box is the dimensions of a CD case. I kind of miss big boxes.
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Mar 15, 2016 17:04
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My brothers TV can PiP across inputs (dunno if that's a normal thing or not) so it's super useful when playing games that have a long-rear end load/install time.
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Mar 15, 2016 17:08
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Collateral Damage posted:I like the -o-matic suffix. Likewise with -tron. I'm particularly fond of -dyne.
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Mar 15, 2016 18:51
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Not - ola?
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Mar 15, 2016 19:42
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All this talk about CF... you want to see a real obsolete format, look at Smart Media
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Lowen SoDium posted:All this talk about CF... you want to see a real obsolete format, look at Smart Media I was just about to bring up Smart Media cards--my first MP3 player had no internal memory at all, and instead you had to use those friggin' things. About as durable as a saltine. Line it up incorrectly when inserting it and you're rewarded with a lovely crunch. The marketing materials for the MP3 player suggested swapping your music out on-the-go by changing cards, but the only way to do so without ruining it was in a clean room after a shot of liquor to steady your hands. I think we should consider a class action suit--those cards weren't smart at all 
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Mar 15, 2016 21:25
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Lowen SoDium posted:All this talk about CF... you want to see a real obsolete format, look at Smart Media I had a Logitech webcam that doubled as a digital camera. It came with one of these, but 16MB. Thankfully it only took 0.3MP photos so I could fit in quite a few.
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Smartmedia, you say? That can only mean one thing: http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/08/hands-on-with-the-gp32  A portable emulator box back in the day when the non-SP/micro GBA was relevant? Yes, please!
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Mar 15, 2016 21:55
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pastor of muppets posted:Notoriously low resolution, though 1x1 is enough jyrka posted:Anywhere else had these cards for payphones in the 90s? I still have some Moomin ones. I hope I used up all the value. (They were good for parking as well.) Lowen SoDium posted:All this talk about CF... you want to see a real obsolete format, look at Smart Media I've got an Olympus camera that uses a 128 megmabyte card like that and I took a photo of my balls and I haven't been able to delete it
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Mar 15, 2016 21:59
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Mad Hamish posted:Not - ola? -ola is also great.
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Mar 15, 2016 22:11
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Humphreys posted:Which brand and model? Most major brands still had it that I know of up until last year when I got out of AV repairs and sales. It's a VIZIO E701i-A3 70", but I don't think I want to fiddle with the firmware or anything.
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Dick Trauma posted:Any technology with "-o-matic" in the name ought to be forced into obsolescence if it isn't already there. They are far from going obsolete: The Milk-O-Matic which sells fresh raw milk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7CVGn19q_I The Meat-O-Matic which sells, yep, meat products: 
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Sentient Data posted:Smartmedia, you say? That can only mean one thing: I loved my GP32. It's in pretty rough shape today, but it got a lot of heavy use.
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The Fuzzy Hulk posted:It's a VIZIO E701i-A3 70", but I don't think I want to fiddle with the firmware or anything. To answer you question: Buy this universal remote for $20: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-RMVZ320-7-Device-Universal-Emitters/dp/B00385XUFQ And see how to use Picture in Picture and Picture by Picture here, including choosing inputs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGG5GZT7fLk SwissCM posted:I loved my GP32. It's in pretty rough shape today, but it got a lot of heavy use. There were the best thing when they were first released. I lusted over them soo much. That and the Pandora - "I can have TWO SD cards in it?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3VIO4KUYWI
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KozmoNaut posted:
Don't knock it, this was an amazing upgrade from Windows 3.x. Not like now when you get a new version of Windows and it just makes everything worse. Am I just saying that because I'm the relic? Picture-In-Picture is a secret hidden feature? Cool. I'll resist the temptation to actually see if my TV has it because I know I'll never use it anyway 
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Buttcoin purse posted:Don't knock it, this was an amazing upgrade from Windows 3.x. Not like now when you get a new version of Windows and it just makes everything worse. Am I just saying that because I'm the relic? Little of column A, little of column B, I think. Let's not let rose-tinted glasses get in the way of recognizing that most Windows OS rollouts were pretty garbage, and that a never-ending series of service package updates were what resulted in fairly robust, usable operating systems years down the line. Plus the dark era of the ME/NT split. Every version had SOMETHING to offer in upgrading, but it has almost always been couched in a bunch of extra problems to deal with. 95 was probably one of the biggest leaps, but if childhood memory(!) serves, even then you had tons of day 0 issues and a surprising number of compatibility problems.
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