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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by MS90 on Monday November 18, 2019 @09:39AM (#21564601)
Case in point: McLaren uses a special Compaq laptop from 1992 to service old F1's. Why? Well, the car was made in 1992, and so was the ECU.

https://jalopnik.com/this-ancient-laptop-is-the-only-key-to-...

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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by dsfyu404ed on Monday November 18, 2019 @02:20PM (#21567265)
Back in my IT days we used a laptop that had a windows NT 4.0 sticker on it (running windows 2k) to run the ID printer that printed company IDs. These kinds of setups aren't that uncommon. At small scale it's easier and cheaper to keep old stuff running than to migrate.
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Re:Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life by nordsieck on Monday November 18, 2019 @03:29PM (#21567853)
> At small scale it's easier and cheaper to keep old stuff running than to migrate.

Especially if the machine can be isolated from the internet (like a printer controller).

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