Subj : Re: Day to day uses for retro computers
To   : Bob Worm
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Aug 09 2023 06:53:00

-=> Bob Worm wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 BW> I'm sure we've all disposed of "old" stuff, i.e. 5 years past
 BW> mainstream use, but I'd like to think most people would at least check
 BW> eBay before scrapping 20 / 30 / 40 year old kit.

At one point, the server room had a handful of AS/400s running in there
- by the time I got there, they were down to one. In one of the back
offices, there was a fully operational PS/2 model 80 with a Model M
keyboard, one of those 2-button IBM mice from the '90s, and an 8515 CRT
monitor. IBM 4019 laser printer. Running an older version of OS/2 with a
tape drive attached. It was kept in use to verify and restore files from
the AS/400 backup system.

It, also, happened to be the exact same setup I started my IT career on
25 years earlier.




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