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Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?

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  1. CobaltFire · · focus · HN ↗
    I had to keep a disturbingly old machine with GPIB running until a few years back. They are still in operation in Australia (who we sold them to).

    It was a test/repair bench for military aircraft avionics, with the only flying platform left using it being the legacy F/A-18 (A/B/C/D). Harris H-100 minicomputer hooked to an HP terminal and several full racks of GPIB test equipment with half of a rack of solenoids for switching between stimulus and response and which pin.

    Not what you asked, but the question brought back memories.

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