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Win9x was stable and reliable. It was the drivers that were not. WHQL wasn't invented yet. I'm sure ATC systems were properly tested, including the drivers. Do

by M95D 1y ago

Win9x was stable and reliable. It was the drivers that were not. WHQL wasn't invented yet. I'm sure ATC systems were properly tested, including the drivers. Don't compare that with cheap consumer PCs that we had.

ChoGGi 1y ago
Probably referring to this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28340101 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28340101
chadaustin 1y ago
Windows 95 allowed programs to disable system interrupts. No protection on cli instruction. Careful with those rose-colored glasses.
- userbinator 1y ago
  So what? ATC systems are definitely not going to have users installing random software at any time.