18 Dec
2018
18 Dec
'18
9:03 p.m.
I repaired a Spectrometer for Morgan University in Baltimore that had a
vintage computer at its heart, used for training purposes and perfectly
good. The computer just needed some TLC to get it back up and running. I
think it was a P-II as well, there was a control card that would only work
with the pre-PCI bus
b
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:54 PM Jason Howe via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Indeed.
Just this year, we pulled our Pentium Pro box off our museum shelf and
did a fresh install of NT4 for a faculty member and their scientific
instrument.
--Jason
On 12/18/18 5:48 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> On Dec 18, 2018, at 2:51 PM, ben via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
>
> I would take a guess for custom hardware or software that never
migrated to
Windows 13 or USB IIV. Ben.
Being a photographer, I know there is a real
market for this. Many
high-end scanners will only work with older Macintosh or
Windows systems.
I have a scanner that originally cost $10,000, and the only software for it
runs on Windows XP (thankfully I can use Parallels Desktop to run XP and
use it). Other, even more expensive scanners require even older software
that requires physical systems. I also have some pretty high-end Macintosh
A/V HW & SW that won?t run on newer systems.
I?m sure there is plenty of lab type equipment in this category as well.
Zane