It's not too exciting, but I've got an old Lenovo EMC2 NAS that's probably from the early 10s. I was also running a Pi 1B as a DNS server until it gave up on life.
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The oldest piece of tech I personally own and have running is probably my phone (going on 6 years). In the household it's probably our washing machine ('00s) - unfortunately the magnetron on our late 80s microwave just died :(
A OG gameboy transparent hood
A pan-clock, that is a clock that has the shape of a pan. It's probably close to 40 or more years old. pan-clock
I have a 600w ham radio amplifier from the 60s. It's a Heathkit SB-200
I'm very proud of it because I bought it in rough condition, and repaired it myself. Replaced all the leaky capacitors and did some other work in there. Now it runs like a dream! It was my first time working with tube gear. The voltages in these things is 2500 volts, that'll kill you dead before you know what happened.
I also have an SB-220 that I got broken. I fixed it up but didn't do a full rebuild on it. It'll do 1200 watts, but I don't need that much power so I haven't used it much. It's in storage. That one is from the late 60s early 70s.
My next oldest device is also ham radio gear, a Kenwood TS-530S from the 80s. There's a lot of solid state stuff inside, plenty of transistors doing all the work. But the final output stage is still a good ole pair of tubes. I bought this in non working condition, and fixed it myself as well. Good fun!
Is a wristwatch considered tech? My daily one is from 1971 and with a service it keeps time way better than a lot of new mechanical watches.
Apple IIe even has a dot matrix printer still in operation (paper running low though)
But probably my oldest piece is my Beale upright piano, made in the 1920s, still beautiful, still hammering out music.
i have speakers from somewhere in the 1980's made in the soviet union
I have a a working box camera from 1930's. Or it would work, if I could still find film for it at a semi-decent price.
My Sansui 1000X - receiver amp is in daily use and was made in 1971, it's in near mint condition in every way. I did a complete internal cleanup and replaced a few electrolytic capasitors just to be sure to avoid any problems in the future. I believe the unit may well outlive me. I love the silverface-teak cabinet aesthetics. It's paired with a Lenco - L75 turntable from the early 70's and AR-7x speakers from the same decade, together they sound pretty much perfect to my ears.
And I also have my great-aunt's windable table clock. It's ~100-120 years old, but still works if only I remembered to wind it every other day.
Olympus OM 10. Bought it second hand a few years ago, when I felt I need film cameras back in my life. Must be from the early 80s. I only use it since maybe 4 years now, but I love that camera.
Oh, while I am typing I just remembered my Braun Paxette from the 1950s. But I don't like that camera and thus don't use it. Planning on selling it tbh.
1955 Moskva-5 Camera in perfect condition.
Well, not that old, and even typing this hurts me (and apologizes to all that are hurt too lol), but I just played a lot with my PSP GO and my DS Lite this week, and in a related field Jackie Chan for PS1 in my Anbernic RG351V (old software in this case).
If we're including family consoles, I'm gonna say the family wii my family got in the late 2000s. I was actually pretty pissed when we couldn't find it when it was in temporary storage because there is one mii that I would have been absolutely furious with myself if I couldn't remake it on my switch. Luckily we did find it and I've managed to recreate all the miis we had on there onto my switch, especially the one mii my grandma made.