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They used to make computers that lasted.
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
They used to make computers that lasted.
- rytis 5y agoThe computer is still going to work, no problem. Floppies on the other hand are bit riskier bet.
- coldpie 5y agoThey still do. The problem is the software.
- Scoundreller 5y agosorta. The smaller lithography processes for semiconductors actually do degrade faster. More static risk too. XT computers were practically electromechanical.
- nikanj 5y agoIn 30 years we'll have plenty of computers from 2020 that are still used. Survivor bias is strong, we just don't see all the computers from the 90s that already gave up the ghost