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This makes me wonder: what's the oldest product to receive firmware update in history? Some servers get firmware updates for more than 10 years and I consider
by IYasha 4y ago
This makes me wonder: what's the oldest product to receive firmware update in history?
Some servers get firmware updates for more than 10 years and I consider it an acceptable minimum. )
- twbarr 4y agoIt's gotta be embedded stuff. The Space Shuttle GPC was constantly reprogrammed, including on the pad. They've sent patches to the Voyager spacecraft as recently as a few years ago [1]. 45 years, not too bad! 1 - https://www.livescience.com/nasa-makes-contact-voyager-2-long-radio-silence.html https://www.livescience.com/nasa-makes-contact-voyager-2-lon...
- IYasha 4y agoBut that wouldn't fall even into enterprise-grade equipment category, let alone consumer stuff, would it? :)
- babypuncher 4y agoThat is going to be a pretty fuzzy rabbit hole. I've seen accounts of industrial equipment where the original microcomputers from the '70s/'80s have been replaced with modern microcontrollers or single board computers like the Raspberry Pi. Does it count as a "firmware update" if the new firmware comes with a new embedded computer to run it?
- IYasha 4y agoNo, that's cheating! :) Or an upgrade. It's essentially the same as replacing your 386 PC with a modern x86-compatible PC. Most likely.