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How likely is that none of those has been modernized?
by internet2000 5y ago
How likely is that none of those has been modernized?
- adenner 5y agoThey likely have computers in there now, but why mess with what works?
- FpUser 5y agoSo that some manager can claim an "improvement" and get promoted
- Const-me 5y agoAll components eventually fail. To maintain a system operational, one needs to be able to fix or replace failed components. Replacing a high-tech component made 50+ years ago (like a vacuum tube) can be prohibitively expensive even for military. At some point, it becomes cost efficient to replace the complete system, or at least large components, with modern equivalents.
- FpUser 5y agoYou mean replaced with some WP based site for the fist hacker to play with?
- lodovic 5y agoSome pictures have computer screens on them, one even has relatively modern tft monitors, which looks weird combined with the 50s atomic tech. It would not surprise me if these control rooms have never been updated and are still looking like this.
- pjc50 5y agoThere was purported present-day footage on tiktok of the control room of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine that has just been captured by Russian forces. It looks like this.