Ask Lemmy • 2 months ago

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

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

Ask Lemmy • 2 months ago

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

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@theherk
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3•2 months ago

Can do more than just multiplication, too.
- @LovableSidekick
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  2•2 months ago
  Oh yeah! I have my dad’s old slide rule, looks a lot like that one.
  - @theherk
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    2•2 months ago
    Same. Got them from my old retired draft engineer papa.
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  1•2 months ago
  What a beauty

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