Emulation or the real thing?

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Wed Oct 21 15:12:18 1998

At 12:48 PM 10/21/98 -0700, Sam Ismail wrote:
>
>I'm sure the guys who wrote Sage Professional Editor back in the late 80s
>would be amazed that I still use it for all my code writing (in DOS

I'm still using Brief now and then, but it's the 1989 build.
The oldest DOS tool I found on my system today was from 1984.

>So anyway, believe it. Code from the 50s and 60s still churns away,
>calculating the taxes you owe, the fines you are assessed and the bank
>statements you received.

I'm still skeptical. I'd love to hear more first-hand reports of
the oldest code still running as-is. Come on, code from the 50s
that's never been replaced? Running on what? Under an emulator?

- John
Received on Wed Oct 21 1998 - 15:12:18 BST