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There is more to this than "out dated" technology. There is tremendous espionage and malicious activity protection by using outdated technology. The schematics
by 3327 10y ago
There is more to this than "out dated" technology. There is tremendous espionage and malicious activity protection by using outdated technology. The schematics of these systems were never online, making and introducing malware is also prohibitively difficult due to the lack of domain knowledge and expertise on the technology.
There are huge upsides to using outdated technology when it comes to nuclear warheards.
- HillaryBriss 10y agowhat's the difference between outdated technology which has never been documented online, and new technology which has never been documented online?
- excitom 10y agoIf you're using Windows 10 or MacOS, people know how to find their way around in the absence of documentation. How many people could figure out the command line interface to a 1970s era IBM Series/1 without docs?
- kens 10y agoIf you want documentation on old computers, check out bitsavers; piles of information on the IBM Series/1 is at http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/series1 http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/series1
- Retra 10y agoOlder machines have a tendency to be simpler.
- firethief 10y agoIf someone does something bad involving a nuclear mainframe, I don't think it'll be on a lark.
- donarb 10y agoThey say the best vehicle anti-theft device is a stick shift.