Would this even work?
Jun 5, 2015 | 11:41 am
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Would this even work?
Saw this in a thrift store. Something I haven't seen in 22-odd years.
IMG_20150523_152016 by yvrcockroach, on Flickr
Assuming that one had hardware that was backward compatible - and 3 1/2" floppy disk drive, would this even work these days?
IMG_20150523_152016 by yvrcockroach, on FlickrAssuming that one had hardware that was backward compatible - and 3 1/2" floppy disk drive, would this even work these days?
Jun 5, 2015 | 3:01 pm
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Saw this in a thrift store. Something I haven't seen in 22-odd years.
IMG_20150523_152016 by yvrcockroach, on Flickr
Assuming that one had hardware that was backward compatible - and 3 1/2" floppy disk drive, would this even work these days?
IMG_20150523_152016 by yvrcockroach, on FlickrAssuming that one had hardware that was backward compatible - and 3 1/2" floppy disk drive, would this even work these days?
Jun 5, 2015 | 9:51 pm
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If you had old hardware that would have worked with the OS 20+ years ago, I don't see why it wouldn't work now. Good luck finding that hardware, though.
Jun 6, 2015 | 12:39 am
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Still running on lots of PBX systems and process control equipment, but as others have said, out of the box no support for newer hardware. Ecomstation.com offers a binary compatible version that runs on contemporary hardware so it still lives on.
Jun 6, 2015 | 7:46 pm
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It's not too hard to find http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-gami...item4d33691171 computers like this on eBay.