-> Also sprach Dominik Kubla:
-> } On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 03:32:53PM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
[snip]
-> } Incidentally this is the exact argument that reportedly was used against
-> } those who warned about the Y2K problen in late seventies/early eighties!
-> }
-> There's certainly a correlation (sp?) between the two and it would be
-> ironic if it happened again. However, here's why I think it won't:
->
-> Noone uses old machines for very long. How many of you are still using a
-> PDP-10 (30+ years ago) or an Apple classic (20- years ago) for "real"
-> work?
Umm.. Actually, I was at a satellite uplink station and saw a _pair_ of
pdp-10's. I asked those aren't still being used and the answer was, yes,
they are. They are doing some sort of encryption/decrytion/signal
processing.
So you never know from what corner this old gear will pop up in.
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