2 Dec
2008
2 Dec
'08
12:34 p.m.
Paul Koning wrote:
wouldn't
That's taken out of service, though... I'd expect that they'd retain a large
stockpile of spare parts too (possibly in the form of one or more entire
machines) somewhere - which raises questions as to whether such a spares cache
would necessarily get dumped at the same time as any in-service machines were...
> That the
US would
> still have much of the equipment shown in the other photos still in
> service at that late date is mind-boggling. In 1993, where could
one
even find
parts for a 405 card reader?
We don't know that, but I suspect that the
Government did - it surprise me at all if they didn't have a huge
stockpile of such
equipment
stashed someplace (and possibly still do).
The last (that we know of) government Cyber was taken out of service in
2007.