Such as computers that are the front end for instruments. The
manufacturer ships it with some version of the OS and then for years never
updates it. So when the computer front end dies you're stuck either
finding an aged replacement for it buying a whole new system, even though
the instrument itself is fine.
Our ICU management software until three/four years ago ran on 486s. You can
imagine the problems IT guys had to keep enough spare parts around! They had
a bunch of old computers scavenged from everysource to provide spares.
The system took some 15 years to run on a modern box.
:-)
Gorka from Spain
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