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A comment on Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?.

Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by nanochess on Friday September 25, 2026 @06:24PM (#49850742)
I've an AMD K5 processor machine running at 100 mhz. for testing Transputer ISA cards when someone buys one, I also use the same machine to format and copy my Pascal compiler into a pair of 5 1/4" floppy disks. All using DOS.
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Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by bartread on Friday September 25, 2026 @06:32PM (#49850831)
> Transputer ISA cards when someone buys one

Your use of “when” is interesting - suggests it’s not that occasional. Wonder what people are doing with these nowadays.

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