How about a new Atari 2600?
My wife Kay and I are here at her "time capsule house" in Dallas for this week, and in helping her clean up and organize, I found a new-in-the-box Atari 2600! Maybe we'll hook it up. There's only one TV here, and it's kind of a rare item too. It's the 1983 RCA 19" table model with the zillion-of-inputs jack panel on the back. I think there was a thread about these sets recently. This one is in really mint condition, and the tube is like new!
Since the "time capsule house" thread was awhile ago, I'll recap: Kay bought this house in 1996, lived in it for only 6 months, then came out to LA to take a spot on the TV show Seinfeld. She thought she'd return to Dallas to live, but never did. She kept on maintaining the house, but nobody has slept here until last night!!! In the garage is her old 1989 Supra turbo, which has 40K original miles, is in showroom condition, but has 4 flat tires and a dead battery (and sadly, probably also a totally fouled fuel system). Newspapers from 1997, and canned food that expired in 2000 is in the cupboards, and I'm drinking a Sparklett's Water that expired 8 years ago... She keeps the house for posterity, and in theory to stay here when in town, but it's really in bad shape at this point. The Roto-Rooter is back again tonight, and it looks grim for being able to use the plumbing at this point. We're here to fix it up, but not sure how well that will happen by Saturday when we head back to LA. It's been flooded, and as a result, several of the electrical circuits are shorted. Amazingly, the air & heat works fine. It's virtually untouched except for Kay's Mom coming by every month or so to check on it, and it has a gardener so the outside looks fine. There is nothing in this house, not food nor toilet paper, newer than 1997! So this is why we call it the "time capsule house"
Charles
