Re: End Of 10 Project

On 2025/6/22 13:35:22, chrisv wrote:
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Yeah, at my job we have test networks, consisting of computers used to
test our products.  Many are running Win10, some even Win 7.  They are
isolated from the Internet.

Where I worked, in R&S (officially "Readiness and Sustainment"; everyone
knew it was really "repairs and spares"), we had some really ancient
kit; when it's to work on some old product which comes in less than once
a year, it's not economically viable to update the support equipment.

Does have the disadvantage that whoever wrote the test software - and
desired the interface hardware - is retired if not dead.

I'm thinking of one particular piece of kit - it was to support some
cockpit display equipment (I worked in avionics then) - which ran on an
ancient 286 PC - the bog flat metal case, with a real mains switch
(Clunk!) on the side. You turned it on, waited for the memory test to
tick through (remember those?) its 640K, …

I left in 2017, but I'd be quite surprised if that piece of kit isn't
still there, glowering in a corner, for when those displays come in.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

It's quickly getting to a place where privacy will be cause for
suspicion. - Mayayana in alt.windows7.general, 2018-11-6.