[BC] Re: Oldest Computer still in daily service?

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Apple Macintosh AV 8500/180mhz PowerPC ('96 model)
With G3-800mhz daughter board upgrade
Firewire PCI card, 180 GB x 2 drives
ATI Rage PCI video card
19" Apple Design monitor (sony)
MAC OS 9.1.2
computer name: Athena

She relays MP3 stream feeds 24/7

Except for 2 keyboards and 3 turbo mouse's...

It's never failed in 10 years of service!

Shelby

> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:14:17 EST
> From: WFIFeng at aol.com
> Subject: [BC] Oldest Computer still in daily service?
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> Along the lines of the oldest transmitter, how about the oldest computer
> still in daily service?
> 
> I've seen several mentions of old 286 boxes that are still used, but
> seldom... so my question is for those old machines you use (or are serving a
> useful 
> purpose) every day.
> 
> I'm sure mine won't qualify, but at least should qualify as an "also-ran"...
> 
> It's an old PC running transmitter monitoring and logging 24/7. (We're a
> daytimer, but that PC just runs constantly.) It's an AMD 5x86 133Mhz with a
> 1.2G 
> HD. All still original. The only "updates" this box has seen wer software. It
> went from Windows 3.11 to 95, to 98, to 98SE where it remains today.
> 
> If memory serves, it went into service in 1994 or 1995, making it nearly 11
> years old. It has been in use, literally, every day since it was built. When
> it 
> was "retired" from office use, it went straight to the transmitter room. We
> keep a DOS 6.2 disk around to boot it if we need to update the Burk EAS box.
> Last time we had to do that was when the "CAE" code was added.
> 
> Willie...