> Haven't there been stories quoted here about government agencies (Social > Security, DMV, VA) using 20 and 30 year old equipment?
Machines that have run for 20 or 30 years are not as rare as one might think. There are still a few CDC machines in real service today, for example - and when did the last Cyber roll off the factory floor? There is even an early 1960s built CDC minicomputer in the middle of nowhere running a radar station. My own IBM 4331 ran for nearly 30 years, and it *never* had a service call. However, the owner of the tiny company that had it tuned it off every weekend to save power, so not 25/7/365. -- Will. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
