On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 08:41:16AM +0200, Nicolas Mailhot via devel wrote:
> Those things are not meant to run ancient software. They are meant to
> run a very long time. And yes at the end of this time the software is
> ancient.
Of course.
> That does not mean it is ancient at the start of the system lifecycle
If the new embeded or industrial-type system being deployed is BIOS-only
(you know, the entire point of this silly thread) then its underlying
hardware platform (and the software running on top of it) is nowhere
near the start of its lifecycle, ie it's relatively "ancient".
(See my ealier point about Intel continuing to produce 80386 and 80486
CPUs until 2007)
(In 2011 the folks I worked for purchased a brand-new bit of kit for
their PCB production line. The system booted up into Windows NT4,
which had been completely EOL'd in 2004, because it used custom
hardware that relied on drivers that didn't run on anything newer. This
same line had a reflow oven powered by a 386 running DOS..)
- Solomon
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