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Old 31-10-2009, 01:16 PM   #34
The Fifth Horseman
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Originally Posted by dosraider View Post
Not 'all' left that ol'MSDos.
It's still alive and kicking for industrial uses.
Or do you think someone gonna pay for a Windows PC when he only needs a 200-5000 lines of code to steer a small robotic device? Or a small PLC? CNC? Step motors? Whatever and whatnots.
FYI: industrial 486 mobos/PCs are also still manufactured....... and 386 chips, and 8088s... etcetera.

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One of many:
http://www.esapcsolutions.com/indust...ards-c-45.html
Sounds like something us old-school gamers should look into, eh? Fully functional hardware from early 90's is becoming scarce.
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