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Is the hardware much more robust than modern hardware? One would assume it was more primitive. Yet it survives beyond the lifespan expected of modern components

Is the hardware much more robust than modern hardware? One would assume it was more primitive. Yet it survives beyond the lifespan expected of modern components even in the harsh environment it is located, for decades.

marssaxman 3y ago
More primitive equipment generally is much more robust than modern hardware, no?
- simne 3y ago
  Not exactly. In electronics, on smallest techprocess most important source of failures, single failures, but on large techprocess, more important become total dose.
- xeonmc 3y ago
  ever bought something from Harbor Freight?