So Much Vintage Tech Is Dying... Here's Why
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Published 2023-03-20
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Devices mentioned in this video:
IBM Thinkpad 360Cs (display failure)
IBM Thinkpad 765D (rubber melting)
iBook G3 Clamshell (vinegar syndrome, display defect)
iBook G4 14" (display mould)
iMac G3 Bondi Blue (rust and failing display)
iMac 27" 2012 Tapered Edge (drive failure)
iMac 27" 2011 (GPU failure)
Sharp PC-4700 (drive failure)
Macbook Pro 15" 2006 (display defects, palm rest corrosion)
Powerbook Duo 240 Dock (Plastic broken)
Power Macintosh 9500 (Plastic broken)
Macintosh Classic (failing analogue board)
Macintosh IICX (leaking capacitors)
Dell Optiplex GX280 (leaking capacitors)
Gateway EV700 Monitor (no power, possible capacitor issues
All Comments (21)
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The tech may die, but their microplastics will be in our hearts forever ❤🥹
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Stone tablets should make a comeback. They can store records for thousands of years.
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It's a real shame that even if you take care of your tech like a museum artifact, they will still degrade to the point of looking like they've been trashed. I especially hate rubberized coatings, and stay away from anything that's advertised as "soft touch". They always turn into a sticky mess within a few years.
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Yep when the rubberised plastic goes sticky thats tricky to resolve.
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To someone who feels as strongly about preservation as I do, seeing old technology break down like this feels like watching the stars going out, one by one.
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Vinegar Syndrome can be repaired by removing the polarizer (and the original adhesive) and replacing it with a new one. Though how long the replacement lasts is hard to say. Shuichiro Hirakawa explains the vinegar syndrome chemical process in detail in his YouTube channel and also shows how to replace the polarizer.
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Not just tech, also data and file rot. I went into a rabbit hole about Software rot and its insane. obviously not the same but its a legit thing that happens to internet stuff over time when abandoned and its just mindboggling.
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I absolutely love how percussive maintenance usually ends up working
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It’s so eerie and almost unnerving watching my childhood wither away like the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean, just a slowly decaying mess of less and less available items, only remembered through the lense of a highly stereotyped image of their time.
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Back in 1987 my boss had a 2nd generation IBM workstation. green monochrome, big floppy disk drive, the works. She loved the keyboard so much. There was an old photo of Bill Gates with that exact same model in the background when he first started out. It was built solid but computer tech guys all hated her using it and kept wanting her to upgrade.
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100 year old cars are still drivable today. 100 years from now, nobody will be able to drive today’s cars.
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This is a problem in cars as well. Anytime I try to fix, replace or maintain some hard to reach parts, I end up breaking half the integrated plastic clips on the part. Needed to replace a bulb on my headlight, broke 5 clips and the headlight never sits right now.
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That nightmare of breaking plastic is also very common with cars too. It is engine parts in particular that are made of plastic becoming brittle over time or warping from heat and causing a leak. The worst thing is that more and more parts are being made that way. It is only because it is cheaper, they would not use these horrible things if they were more expensive.
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That's sad that components will break down with no use over time, even if stored well.
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I never owned one of those old CRT macs, but I'll be damned if they don't hold up aesthetically. Absolutely beautiful little machines
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I guess this applies to electronics in modern cars, makes me wonder how computer controlled cars from the 80s and 90s are holding up
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The huge amount of electronics and plastic parts in modern cars that cost a small fortune is frightening when you think about how they are going to fall to pieces as they age.
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I honestly hope, these old machines are being used to write proper emulators. Their demise is inevitable, but it is worth to preserve the software ecosystem of these systems for historical purposes.
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I love the "enjoy the tech you have" part.
