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Re:IRS’ 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New H... by tonyarkles on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:22PM (#16963698)
Whenever this comes up, I’m reminded of two of my favourite calculators: the HP48 and the HP49g+. HP used a processor called the Saturn for a long time, and when they finally could no longer source it, they switched to ARM running a Saturn emulator for the ‘49. The ‘48 had battle-hardened firmware, and this was probably a great decision.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Saturn

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