> Forney at one time had a stack of ten of her 1987 Toshiba laptops that she’d bought on eBay for $10 to $12 each. “We’re down to our last one,” she says. I do

> Forney at one time had a stack of ten of her 1987 Toshiba laptops that she’d bought on eBay for $10 to $12 each. “We’re down to our last one,” she says. I don't remember all the details but if my memory ain't failing me there was something similar with the software used to interface with the iconic McLaren F1 car. Only about 60 of those cars have been produced (at least for the road, maybe more for competition) and the mechanics servicing these cars had to stockpile old laptops because the proprietary software/interface had never been ported to modern technology. Eventually a few years ago McLaren assigned developers to the task and a new version was made. I think they did it because they were running low on the pile of old rusty dusty laptops ; )