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Well, the copious amounts of waste heat from the old PBX can be put to good use.
by adrianmonk 8y ago
Well, the copious amounts of waste heat from the old PBX can be put to good use.
- Aloha 8y agoIf its really from the 60's its likely electromechanical, and uses almost no power at idle - like less than 1a at 48v
- zeofig 8y agoSo it's cooler, more reliable, AND bigger than modern computers? We need to go back.
- Aloha 8y agoNot really more reliable - they required regular servicing, Electromechanical phone switches did - contacts being cleaned, that sort of thing - Modern digital or IP stuff is largely turn it on and stuff it in a closet
- nightfly 8y agoExcept for security updates, software bug fixes, etc.
- bobthepanda 8y agoMiniaturization and flexibility come at a cost. Today's iPhone is more powerful than the computers used for the Apollo mission.
- darpa_escapee 8y agoA TI-89+ is more powerful than the computers used in the Apollo mission. > Miniaturization and flexibility come at a cost. Companies have little to no incentive to update software for older products unless there are lucrative support contracts. This has been the case for decades.
- code_duck 8y agoIf the system was found to have a security flaw, that would be even harder to fix in vintage hardware.
- btschaegg 8y agoExcept that no sane person would hook this thing up directly to the internet anyway. So it basically comes down to security flaws exposed to whatever interfaces it really is connected to.
- code_duck 8y agoI’m confused about the topic. How would one connect a 60s PBX to the internet? The suggestion was ‘we need to go back’ to this style of architecture, I think, not that we should use vintage 60s phone hardware.
- rexarex 8y agoCan confirm, was quiet and sat in an open room with other workstations around with no extra fans, cooling, etc. But, it's administered with a CLI computer hooked up, so not sure it is truly 'electromechanical'.
- Aloha 8y agoThat's from the 80s or 90s then
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