• Droggelbecher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I work in an astrophysics department and this is exactly why we almost exclusively use open source software

  • CADmonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This happens in the world of CNC machines too. I used to run a two million dollar Mazak 300 Fabrigear that was made in 2008. When I started the machine up, Windows 98 booted up before starting the FANUC control program that actually ran the machine.

    • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
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      1 year ago

      My friend’s dad has a CNC machine that requires floppy disks to load the design patterns. He’s worried that a mechanical failure of the disk drive will eventually be the end of it, rather than the machine itself being obsolete. It’s been going strong for almost 40 years now.

      • purplemonkeymad@programming.devEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Look for usb floppy emulators, you can have the floppy images in a usb flash drive. No moving parts or need to find expensive floppies.