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msmrx57
04-21-2013, 12:52 PM
Stumbled onto this thought some of you might find it interesting.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/249951/if_it_aint_broke_dont_fix_it_ancient_computers_in_ use_today.html?mwh=1
Cale_Hagan
04-21-2013, 04:20 PM
nice! my buddy trev will get a kick out of this.
Airbozo
04-23-2013, 02:10 PM
Nice. I have worked on many of these old systems. I agree, if it is working for you, why replace it? 60% uptime is pretty bad though. I could get them closer to 90%...
xr4man
04-24-2013, 11:47 PM
i'm having nasty flash backs of rebooting the CIC computers and doing snapII backuos on the ship.
Airbozo
04-25-2013, 11:56 AM
i'm having nasty flash backs of rebooting the CIC computers and doing snapII backuos on the ship.

lol, didn't know you were a squid!

Ex Navy here too. EW2.