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I ran into one of these at a sears store not that many years ago. Was running Novell or something on a big coax token-ring network of some kind. This was decad
by K0balt 2y ago
I ran into one of these at a sears store not that many years ago. Was running Novell or something on a big coax token-ring network of some kind. This was decades into tcp/ip and the internet. It was running a pentium pro badge, so I assume it was ancient networking tech even when it was spun up, probably as a replacement for a dead netware server.
It was still running their tire shop.
I carefully closed the door and closed the ticket as “won’t do”. No way I was shutting that off to install a new UPS rack lol.
- geuis 2y agoIt's the tens of thousands, if not more, of these kind of abandoned internet connected computers that allow decades old viruses and trojans to still survive and send out probes all the time. It's a really fascinating phenomenon that is only going to increase in the decades to come.
- K0balt 2y agoI can only imagine what would have happened if this system was on the greater internet lol. Fortunately it didn’t even speak TCP/IP so no real worries there .