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What devices or equipment you own or had that doesn't have much use in the modern world anymore? (lemmy.world)

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When I was a kid my family owned a device whose sole purpose was to rewind vhs tapes.

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[-] stinky@redlemmy.com 17 points 2 weeks ago

TI-89 graphing calculator

There's an app for that now

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Ti-83 plus silver edition, baybee! I learned to code (badly) on that bad boy.

[-] iii@mander.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago

CLS
PRINT "Same,"
PRINT "BASIC was my first programming language."
GOTO 1

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Look at this guy who doesn't number his commands by tens! Such confidence!

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly! And a TON of labels with single character names. GOTO E

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

They’re still using the successor TI-84 in high school and it still costs around $100.

[-] folekaule@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Same, but different calculator: I own an HP-48SX, but now I just use HP-48GX emulated in an Android app.

[-] anonymouse2@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I still have to use the calculator when taking exams. If I pull out a phone it's an automatic fail.

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