12 May
2010
12 May
'10
5:57 p.m.
> Any guesses how long real hardware could last?
On Wed, 12 May 2010, Teo Zenios wrote:
1000 years easy if kept from the elements. As far as
running condition,
capacitors will need to be replaced sooner or later. Who knows what a modern
computer will look like in 200+ years (could be an implant in your brain by
that point), or a C64 running off of a waterwheel after WW3 is over.
That issue may depend on whether Gerri Ellsworth is one of the survivors.