We've been inviting Computer Weekly readers to send us photos
and videos of the oldest IT equipment they've held on to, and to
share their excuses for hoarding it.
Over 70 photos were entered to the competition and you
can view some of the highlights on this page. To find out the full
stories behind the photos, and see all the images we received,
visit our
Flickr Group.
We also received two rather creative and Christmassy videos,
which you can
view in action in our oldest kit - at Christmas - video
showreel.
To enter
the latest round, go to our Hardware Hoarders competition
page.
Say 'cheese'!
Along with the winning image above, Eric also sent in this
cute close-up of his Hereford mouse aboard the Toshiba's
keyboard.
Christmas cards with a punch
Puncher from Stoke won our video contest with her
how-to video showing her punch-program Christmas cards.
It's not easy being green
Runner-up in our video contest was this festive re-use for an
old tape winder (also featured in the
video showreel).
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Chris Broad of AEA with the programming board from a
British Tabulating Machine Company tabulator
Thankfully AEA (the UK Atomic Energy Authority) now uses more
up-to-date equipment than this
retro IT item from the 1950's, as you can discover in our
interviews with Chris available as video,
audio, and
news article.
"It's a bit slow over VoIP!" bemoans Steve Downe over
his Racal Modem...
It was
"
the modem I sent and received my first e-mail" with, says
Steve.
Who wants to see a Millionaire? I do!
John Ferguson sent in this image of
one of the Church of England's more recent hardware acquisitions -
this 1895 "Millionaire". Appropriately, it rather resembles a
church organ and it's the oldest machine submitted to our
competition.
Too good to Jack in!
Jack Stafford proudly displays his
treasured KDF9 core store from 1963.
