lechekaflan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoIf you're fond of restoring 30-year-old PCs, but then you see some old PC parts being obliterated by scrappers just to get small pitiful pinches of gold.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down120
arrow-up1159arrow-down1imageIf you're fond of restoring 30-year-old PCs, but then you see some old PC parts being obliterated by scrappers just to get small pitiful pinches of gold.lemmy.worldlechekaflan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareBeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThere are instances, especially on the federal level, of a Windows XP machine that’s roughly that old running HVAC systems without a connection outward. It requires a connection that isn’t on modern PCs and the support software out of date.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 months agoThere’s a commodore 64 amiga running HVAC in iirc a high school. https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/theres-30-year-old-commodore-amiga-still-controlling-heat-ac-19-public-schools/
There are instances, especially on the federal level, of a Windows XP machine that’s roughly that old running HVAC systems without a connection outward. It requires a connection that isn’t on modern PCs and the support software out of date.
There’s a commodore
64amiga running HVAC in iirc a high school.https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/theres-30-year-old-commodore-amiga-still-controlling-heat-ac-19-public-schools/