Archived The oldest computer in use by the federal government has been found (muckrock.com)
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Archived The oldest computer in use by the federal government has been found (muckrock.com)
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[–] pitenius 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
WTF is with headlines these days? The oldest "computer" is legacy software?
Then, FTFA:
I'm not sure about this. Note that the shift is from "computer" to "machine". I suspect there are railway signaling systems that have been running since WW1. In a well-built, super redundant system like nuclear weapons, I don't think age is much of a limiting factor. I suspect much of the logic is hard-wired anyway.
[–] War_Wombat 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
The nuclear weapon machine is an IBM Series/1 so it is definitely a computer and not a machine, I think the author just used a slightly confusing term.
[–] pitenius ago (edited ago)
I'm holding out for rail. A device from 1880 that is communicating with the modern int0rwebz would not surprise me. And far from undesirable, I find it admirable. Like how parts of Italy get water thanks to Roman engineering.
Also consider your link: last Series/1s were sold in 1988. Starts to seem less shocking.