Yeah there’s a lot of MRI machines out there where the brains are running windows 98
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vrek@programming.dev 6 months agoI work in a field that is considered by many high tech. I have personally seen a system in use today that duel boots windows 2000 and windows 98.
The product it’s used by is old generations and the system does not have any network access but still must be supported by government regulation for several more years…
Toes@ani.social 6 months ago
vrek@programming.dev 6 months ago
I think it was 2017 we got rid of our last system running freedos in a console since the original program required do to operate…
random_character_a@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Few years ago there was a story in a local paper about building automation systems running on Commadore 64 and still doing fine. Build by some company in the 80’s. They weren’t online, so no security issues.
Tried to find the article online but no luck. It would have been in local language anyway.
topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Even if they was online, I doubt a lot of people have the knowledge for hack a commodore 64.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’d imagine it would have been some gprs-modem through an adapter for sms notifications, that was added afterwards in the 90’s
topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There is a device for connect it to internet and with some software, for bbs by example.
tpihkal@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Good ole’ government policy!
vrek@programming.dev 6 months ago
In this case I do partially agree with it. They are for medical implants and since the expected lifetime of the device is 10 years we need to be able to support them for 10 years after the last surgery.
If the dog eats your controller which allows you to turn on and off your device we need to be able to sell you a new controller and NOT tell you “sorry, you need to spend several hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills to replace the device and go through a traumatic surgery to install it”
Now optimally my company would make a modern program that duplicates the technology but is compatible with modern computers but since are no longer making money on these old devices they don’t want to invest the time and money. So yeah…
smeenz@lemmy.nz 6 months ago
“Duel boots” lol… now I’m imagining a sword fight going on in the BIOS
Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Just another turning of the Wheel every time you boot it up. “I have won again, Lews Therin. Flicker.”