21 Apr
2012
21 Apr
'12
9:36 p.m.
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 03:36:37PM -0400, Toby Thain wrote:
On 21/04/12 2:52 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
Hey, I'm (not much, admittedly) under 40 and I'm not surprised ;-)
DEC built solid systems. A damn shame they're gone.
Kind regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
On 04/21/2012 08:59 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
i.e. people under 40. Shocking headline: "23 year old computer
still in daily use at a
silver mine. MicroVAX 3100 running openVMS on 12mb memory."
Pictures:
http://www.reddit.com/tb/sl3ll
Comments:
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/sl3ll/23_year_old_computer_stil…
Very cool. And not at all unusual, which apparently surprises many
people.
-Dave