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Re:The .zip TLD sucks and it needs to be immediately revoked by trhr on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:27PM (#35922639)
> would a 20-years-exp industrial lathe engineer/specialist know what to do with a zip?

Are you kidding? That guy has to convert his files to binary, put them on a USB drive, carry them to SunOS server, plug them in, and type something in a command line to send the binary over Serial to his CNC machine.

Industrial equipment isn't EOL at 30 years, it's "lightly used." You'd be floored at how much "ancient" tech knowledge is required to operate it.

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Re:The .zip TLD sucks and it needs to be immediately revoked by meshaneian on Friday May 12, 2023 @09:20PM (#35924489)
And this is why https://www.floppydisk.com/ is still doing well.
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Re:The .zip TLD sucks and it needs to be immediately revoked by doubleg72 on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:09AM (#35925768)
Not to mention rs-232
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Re:The .zip TLD sucks and it needs to be immediately revoked by voytec on Saturday May 13, 2023 @03:05AM (#35926291)
RS232 has adjustable frequency whereas USB can't be configured this way, making it useless for GPS devices used for time synchronization and such.
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