What's the oldest, most eclectic electronic thing you own?

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this would be if I still had it

I have an 8-yr old laptop

1981 casio vl-1 calculator/organ synth.

Thank goodness it's also a calculator

I have several old electronic things that would qualify: (all in working condition)

1962 Gieger Counter (still in the box from the factory), Cuban missile crisis era

1950s TV with a very small screen in a large wooden cabinet

1940s wooden cabinet entertainment center with radio and record player

1920s humpback radio

1900s-1910s open grille brass fan (can easily cut off your fingers when in operation)

^ Well, that is OLD. I'd also like to have a full-metal fan with meat-grinding mode xD

I just scrapped Unitra DML-301, which was a PRL [Soviet-era Poland] mono radio receiver. Most parts date back to Unix epoch (1970), case made from wood-like crap was '71. Too bad it was FUBAR, with case starting "returning to nature". Haven't really tested the electronics, but after opening it up today I concluded it's just unsafe to power it up. At least I've got some cooper from it.


It's how DML-301 looks like. Note different FM frequencies (65-74MHz), from ordinary 87.5/88-108Mhz