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You seem to have fortunately survived orphaned software. I've seen scientific software running on a 15 year old OS. The lab equipment functioned so we took out
by abirch 3y ago
You seem to have fortunately survived orphaned software. I've seen scientific software running on a 15 year old OS. The lab equipment functioned so we took out the Ethernet port to prevent viruses.
- bee_rider 3y agoThis reminds me of cars—the first time I got a recall notification, I nearly panicked. Oh man, I’m going to have to bring it in and get a new one or something? What a pain! Nope, the recall usually just means you bring it to a mechanic and they get a replacement part that does basically the same thing, but hopefully correctly this time. Fixes like yours… hey, if it works it works, right? But the device is not exactly what was sold, if it had an Ethernet port and presumably some corresponding network functionality, there’s some value they ought to owe you for. Maybe the fix could be to ship out locked down raspberry pi to sit between the device and the rest of the network, haha.
- abirch 3y agoOrphaned as in the vendor is out of business. Like there's no mechanic, no parts, no nothing. Only the last version of the software and the working scientific equipment.