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The hardware was great for the time so I can only guess that small office didn’t need it any more. This was a small regional satellite office of a much larger c
by austincheney 6y ago
The hardware was great for the time so I can only guess that small office didn’t need it any more. This was a small regional satellite office of a much larger company.
- ido 6y agoFunny how that works! My first job in 2001 still had a Compaq Deskpro 386 bought in the 80s to control some very expensive equipment (via some proprietary dongle that wouldn't work on then-modern computers). My boss at the time told me they paid $10k for that computer when it was new & the equipment it controlled would cost $1-2m to replace (I want to say it was a microspectrophotometer but my memory is blurry), so they had to keep that 386 around & in working order. Luckily these were apparently very reliable computers.
- FreeFull 6y agoEventually, the hardware will break, so it's a good idea to plan for that. There are ways to interface with old hardware using new hardware, including special modern motherboards that have ISA slots, or USB2ISA converters
- ido 6y agoI haven't worked there in a long time, I wouldn't bet on that computer still chugging along. 2001 is actually closer to 1986 than it is to today :)