vintage computers in active use

[Toby Thain]

On 2016-05-26 3:17 PM, Holm Tiffe wrote:
> Fred Cisin wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 May 2016, Brent Hilpert wrote:
>>> A friend notice this in the news, I heard it mentioned on the radio this morning too:
>>> 	http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36385839
>>> extract:
>>> 	The report said that the Department of Defence systems that co-ordinated
>>> 	intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear bombers and tanker support aircraft
>>> 	"runs on an IBM Series-1 Computer - a 1970s computing system - and uses
>>> 	eight-inch floppy disks".
>>
>> "This system remains in use because, in short, it still works,"
>> Pentagon spokeswoman Lt Col Valerie Henderson told the AFP news agency.
>>
>> And, THAT is why it MUST be replaced immediately by "modern" hardware
>> and software, to put an end to that.  Windows10 can change that.
>>
> Since Windows 10 is out, many security aware people here in germany
> dropping Microsoft Software if they can and you think it would be a good
> idea to control nuclear wheapons with this kind of crap?
>
> Nothanks. This game is over.

In case you missed it:

 
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclearpower-cyber-germany-idUSKCN0XN2OS

It's only a matter of time.

--Toby


>
> ..and guys, since Snowden and Manning the Worlds point of view about the United States
> and it's "No Such Agency" has changed..entirely.
> Don't know if it would be an good idea to additional elect Trump..
>
> Regards,
>
> Holm
>