Ancient Computers in Use Today


  1. Borg 386
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    Ancient Computers in Use Today


    From 1970s minicomputers used for military programs (including nuclear weapons) to an IBM punch-card system still keeping the books at a Texas filter supplier, these are the computers that time forgot.
    If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It: Ancient Computers in Use Today | PCWorld
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  3. bigseb
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    Cool story.
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  4. UsernameIssues
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    bigseb said:
    Cool story.
    But ironically, computers that generate lots of heat.
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  6. pincushion
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    Borg 386 said:
    From 1970s minicomputers used for military programs (including nuclear weapons) to an IBM punch-card system still keeping the books at a Texas filter supplier, these are the computers that time forgot.
    If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It: Ancient Computers in Use Today | PCWorld
    We used PDP/8s and/11s then although I was not conversant with their operation apart from knowing how to boot them - toggling the quaint keys - haha! Paper-tape and punched cards, hehe - how we have progressed! Seemed quite reliable though.

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