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by: mechanic - Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:51 UTC

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From: michael....@att.net (Michael Trew)
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by: Michael Trew - Wed, 21 Sep 2022 20:03 UTC

On 9/21/2022 6:51, mechanic wrote:
> Don't feel isolated, win7 users, there are others in business
> relying on these ancient systems...
> https://www.ocregister.com/2022/09/20/how-clever-mechanics-keep-50-year-old-bart-trains-running-windows-98-ebay-and-scraps/

Haha, that's great. I work at an airport control tower. I only clean
the building, but some of the computer systems that are still up and
running amaze me. There are not only a plethora of Windows XP systems,
but there are also several Windows 95 and NT 4.0 systems, still chugging
along.

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by: Sailfish - Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:17 UTC

mechanic graced us with on 9/21/2022 3:51 AM:
> Don't feel isolated, win7 users, there are others in business
> relying on these ancient systems...
> https://www.ocregister.com/2022/09/20/how-clever-mechanics-keep-50-year-old-bart-trains-running-windows-98-ebay-and-scraps/
+1

Win98 was the Win7 of its day, win3.1 was the Win98 before that, imo.
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by: Rink - Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:58 UTC

Op 21-9-2022 om 22:03 schreef Michael Trew:
> On 9/21/2022 6:51, mechanic wrote:
>> Don't feel isolated, win7 users, there are others in business
>> relying on these ancient systems...
>> https://www.ocregister.com/2022/09/20/how-clever-mechanics-keep-50-year-old-bart-trains-running-windows-98-ebay-and-scraps/
>>
>
> Haha, that's great. I work at an airport control tower. I only clean
> the building, but some of the computer systems that are still up and
> running amaze me. There are not only a plethora of Windows XP systems,
> but there are also several Windows 95 and NT 4.0 systems, still chugging
> along.

It's 7 years ago, but stil.....

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-23-year-old-windows-3-1-system-failure-crashed-paris-airport/>

Rink

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by: Michael Trew - Tue, 25 Oct 2022 22:01 UTC

On 10/16/2022 16:58, Rink wrote:
> Op 21-9-2022 om 22:03 schreef Michael Trew:
>> On 9/21/2022 6:51, mechanic wrote:
>>> Don't feel isolated, win7 users, there are others in business
>>> relying on these ancient systems...
>>> https://www.ocregister.com/2022/09/20/how-clever-mechanics-keep-50-year-old-bart-trains-running-windows-98-ebay-and-scraps/
>>>
>>
>> Haha, that's great. I work at an airport control tower. I only clean
>> the building, but some of the computer systems that are still up and
>> running amaze me. There are not only a plethora of Windows XP
>> systems, but there are also several Windows 95 and NT 4.0 systems,
>> still chugging along.
>
>
> It's 7 years ago, but stil.....
>
> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-23-year-old-windows-3-1-system-failure-crashed-paris-airport/>
>
>
> Rink

Target was using Win 3.x on their cash registers not long ago. I don't
shop at Target, so I don't know if they've upgraded or not. The cash
register/computers at K-Mart were always ancient, but I haven't even
seen a K-Mart store in years. Not long ago, Lowes home improvement
store upgraded the registers from the MS-DOS based system that they used.

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by: Mark Lloyd - Wed, 26 Oct 2022 19:39 UTC

On 10/25/22 17:01, Michael Trew wrote:

[snip]

> The cash
> register/computers at K-Mart were always ancient, but I haven't even
> seen a K-Mart store in years.

According to a website, there are only 3 K-Mart stores in the US. The
nearest one to me is about 1000 miles away.

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by: Michael Trew - Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:59 UTC

On 10/26/2022 15:39, Mark Lloyd wrote:
> On 10/25/22 17:01, Michael Trew wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> The cash register/computers at K-Mart were always ancient, but I
>> haven't even seen a K-Mart store in years.
>
> According to a website, there are only 3 K-Mart stores in the US. The
> nearest one to me is about 1000 miles away.

Seems that there are a couple of them in NJ/Brooklyn, NY ... about 440
miles from me. Alternatively, vacation in Miami, 1,200 miles away, just
to check out the local K-mart... LOL.

Our K-Mart closed circa 2018, and I bought a few pairs of shoes, 90 per
cent off... I've finally burned through the last pair. It's
unfortunate, because I really liked those comfortable Thom McAnn shoes.

Subject	Author
obsolete system relied on...	mechanic
Re: obsolete system relied on...	Michael Trew
Re: obsolete system relied on...	Rink
Re: obsolete system relied on...	Michael Trew
Re: obsolete system relied on...	Mark Lloyd
Re: obsolete system relied on...	Michael Trew
Re: obsolete system relied on...	Sailfish