It is interesting that the military may not be able to use W10. I doubt it can meet tempest requirements without major changes. Dwight
________________________________________ From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Rod Smallwood <rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 10:19:51 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: vintage computers in active use On 26/05/2016 17:48, Fred Cisin wrote: > On Thu, 26 May 2016, Brent Hilpert wrote: >> A friend notice this in the news, I heard it mentioned on the radio >> this morning too: >> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36385839 >> extract: >> The report said that the Department of Defence systems that >> co-ordinated >> intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear bombers and tanker >> support aircraft >> "runs on an IBM Series-1 Computer - a 1970s computing system - >> and uses >> eight-inch floppy disks". > > "This system remains in use because, in short, it still works," > Pentagon spokeswoman Lt Col Valerie Henderson told the AFP news agency. > > And, THAT is why it MUST be replaced immediately by "modern" hardware > and software, to put an end to that. Windows10 can change that. > > > "According to the report, the US treasury also needed to upgrade its > systems, which it said was using "assembly language code - a computer > language initially used in the 1950s and typically tied to the > hardware for which it was developed"." > > And, THAT is the reasoning for replacement? > Not even an understanding of what assembly language IS. > "Nobody programs in assembly language any more, nor ever will > again" - Clancy/Harvey > > > "Eight-inch floppy disks date back to the early days of computer systems" > > The author is unaware of the many decades of computers, including > military, prior to floppy disks. Mag tape? EAM (punch-cards, etc.)? > > Sounds like good security to me. Try hacking that lot. R