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Commodore PC Still Controls Heat and A/C At 19 Michigan Public Schools

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-it-ain't-broke dept.

jmulvey writes: Think your SCADA systems are outdated? Environmental monitoring at 19 Grand Rapids Public Schools are still controlled by a Commodore Amiga. Programmed by a High School student in the 1980s, the system has been running 24/7 for decades. A replacement has been budgeted by the school system, estimated cost: Between $1.5 and 2 million. How much is your old Commodore Amiga worth?

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  1. Re:Commodore Amiga or Commodore PC? by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could murder someone with a Commodore 64 after fishing it out of a swimming pool filled with beer and it would still run fine.

    Yes, after you replaced the power supply.

  2. Re:What is being missed... is the $2 million part. by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Yeah, you're just going to have to sit in the sweltering heat during summer school until ThunderfuckThor69 sends us the PSU we need for a 30 year old computer made by a company very few of you have ever heard of."

    Yeah, that'd go over well with me as a kid. Or my parents.

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