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[–] CADmonkey 43 points 1 year ago (13 children)

This happens in the world of CNC machines too. I used to run a two million dollar Mazak 300 Fabrigear that was made in 2008. When I started the machine up, Windows 98 booted up before starting the FANUC control program that actually ran the machine.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (9 children)

My friend's dad has a CNC machine that requires floppy disks to load the design patterns. He's worried that a mechanical failure of the disk drive will eventually be the end of it, rather than the machine itself being obsolete. It's been going strong for almost 40 years now.

[–] pyt0xic 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It might be possible to buy an old floppy drive off ebay and switch out the broken one of that happens, as long as there are no proprietary connectors and such...

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Compaq would like a word.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, Compaq, the company that used non standard power supplies but with the standard wire coloring and connectors. I had several customers blow up their motherboards after buying standard replacement power supplies.

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