How long will it take to remove the word "videotape" from the collective vocabulary? [more inside]
posted by crazycanuck on Jul 15, 2009 - 34 answers

I inherited a fully-functional Apple Macintosh Plus computer complete with external SCSI hard drive. What are some cool things I can do with it? [more inside]
posted by karizma on Oct 21, 2008 - 10 answers

Does anyone know of a way to determine which codecs might be obsolete or no longer necessary? [more inside]
posted by bwg on Mar 20, 2008 - 12 answers

Surely I can buy 128 or 64mb SD cards for ridiculously low prices, now that they are so out of date. Right? [more inside]
posted by Squid Voltaire on Oct 24, 2007 - 10 answers

What can I do with all these old ZIP disks? [more inside]
posted by bartleby on Jul 5, 2007 - 18 answers

My campus has a pile of (maybe 40) dual 1GHz G4 PowerMacs that have reached their "end-of-life". Usually we ship them off to a recycler, but that seems like a sin for what are perfectly good systems. What should be do with them? There's a little bit ... [more inside]
posted by roue on Aug 15, 2006 - 44 answers

Are there any companies out there that will transfer files from obsolete removable media? [more inside]
posted by ssmith on Jul 14, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm going to swap the motherboard and CPU on my computer, please help me not screw it up! [more inside]
posted by pinespree on May 29, 2006 - 17 answers

I have hardware. Servers, to be precise. A stack of them. Taking up space. What's the best way to get rid of them while getting something in return? Charity, and if so, who? Or selling them, and who's buying? [more inside]
posted by SkelPaff on Mar 17, 2006 - 15 answers

Is this Amiga video editing equipment in my classroom worth spending any time on at all? [more inside]
posted by davey_darling on Feb 7, 2006 - 12 answers

Where can I find software to sync my vintage USRobotics Pilot 5000 to my Windows 2000 PC? [more inside]
posted by S.C. on Mar 6, 2005 - 2 answers

What do they put as your country of birth if that country no longer exists? [More inside.] [more inside]
posted by Captaintripps on Feb 11, 2005 - 15 answers