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Booted up in 1993, this server still runs – but not for much longer (2017)

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nineteen999 · 1790669756 · focus · HN ↗
We use to run Stratus VOS on Continuum series hardware at a lottery/poker machine company I worked at in the mid 2000's. It handled the jackpot system which decided which of 13,500 poker machines in our state would jackpot at any given time.
A reliable beast - never failed once in the entire time I worked there. Based on PA-RISC if I recall correctly.
1. zorked · 1790678891 · focus · HN ↗
  The poker machines are connected? Why wouldn't they just jackpot locally and indepdendently?
  1. toast0 · 1790691855 · focus · HN ↗
    Networked jackpots are a user visible and aparently user desirable feature.
    When the jackpot is fed by all the machine in the state, they can grow much faster.

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