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The DOD one ("Strategic Automated Command and Control System") claims to be 53 years old and run on a Series/1. But Series/1 first came out in 1976, 40 years a
by valleyer 10y ago
The DOD one ("Strategic Automated Command and Control System") claims to be 53 years old and run on a Series/1. But Series/1 first came out in 1976, 40 years ago. Anyone understand the discrepancy?
- steanne 10y ago"We did indeed find the oldest computer in government, but it’s not really a computer at all; it’s computer software."
- valleyer 10y agoExcept... I read that sentence as referring to the IRS systems, not the DOD system. Am I wrong? It's confusingly written.
- walrus01 10y agoIBM mainframes have virtualized their predecessor hardware for a long time for backwards compatibility with locked in enterprise customers. It might be something 53 years old running on hardware from 1977.