Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?
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Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?
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NBJack · · focus · HN ↗
I'm pretty sure they moved on from them, but a while ago I did seasonal work for a company that rented out scanners for year end inventory (tax related, IIRC). The scanners had to be "cooked" (flashed) on racks, boxed, and sent. The flashing usually worked, but on occasion, the scanner would fail the checksum or something and drop you into a DOS prompt.