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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myself248 · · focus · HN ↗
...which was so the operators could sneakernet their NC tape files into an IBM PC 5150 that thought it was talking to a floppy drive, of course...
...which hosted an ISA card that emulated the punch-tape reader that the NC lathe had originally been designed with.
The NC lathe hadn't missed a beat in 50+ years, why mess with what works?