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What's the oldest piece of tech you still have running? (suppo.fi)

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And tell me how proud of it you are.

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[–] cynar 19 points 1 year ago

It's fixed now. It was a 10p sensor embedded in a £65 piece of plastic. The error message had me barking up the wrong tree. It's fixed now, at least.

I dislike being wasteful. When my last TV died, while I replaced it, I then fixed it, and gave it to a friend. £10 backlight, and an hour or so of effort.