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dps



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:53 am    Post subject: Ancient Computers in Use Today Reply with quote
I prepared a lecture for students on the history of computers and searched the net for information. Sometimes interesting stories come across.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/249951/if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it-ancient-computers-in-use-today.html


If you know such cases, share them and I can talk about them the next time to my students.
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rjluna2



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
What happens if any of the major component breaks and nobody can fix this Confused
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Thandor



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://boingboing.net/2016/09/29/polish-auto-repair-shop-uses-u.html

Commodore 64 in a Polish garage Smile
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And the rest of us would be carousing the aisles, stuffing baloney.
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dps



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thandor wrote:
https://boingboing.net/2016/09/29/polish-auto-repair-shop-uses-u.html

Commodore 64 in a Polish garage Smile
Fine. Very in the subject.
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