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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by pyuser583 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:09AM (#24117339)
I used to work for a manufacturers that had industrial equipment that was 15 years old. We had 15 year old PCs to talk to it. That was about 20 years ago. From what I hear, they’re using the same equipment, and same PCs.
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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by WWLink on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:02AM (#24117561)
35 years means they must be using 286s to run that stuff. On the plus side, nothing requires fans, the motherboards are extremely simple (albeit a mess of logic chips), and your biggest worry is probably the power supply. Right?

I dunno. I could easily see taking decently made hardware to the 20 year mark.

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