PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

[Nigel Johnson Ham]

On 2022-03-28 15:49, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
>> What surprises me (a little) is that there is a commercial outfit
>> willing to work on something so old.
> It's essentially what we do. I doubt there's a directory of all the small shops that work on legacy equipment,
> but consider that some of this stuff runs CNC machines that are still in use. Depending on the industry and product,

including Nuclear power stations!


> it's *way* cheaper to keep an old machine that's run not-full-time operational than to retool and recertify.
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan