An on-topic machine *still* doing useful work

From: Dr. Ido <drido_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: Sat Mar 29 03:08:00 2003

At 10:17 AM 3/28/03 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 3/27/2003 11:56:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>spc_at_conman.org writes:
>
><< I thought you guys might enjoy the following photographs of a 486 based
> NCR 3230 that is *still* in use, as a colocated server running a dozen
> websites (including mine [1]) and email:
>
> http://www.conman.org/people/myg/photos/tower486/
>
> The photos were taken by my friend (who happened to stop the colocation
> facility for another reason). >>
>
>
>I've got one even better! Some companies are still using Atari Mega STs to
>run mail inserters. I'm trying to get one of these machines from a site that
>is upgrading.

In shopping centres around here (Melbourne, Australia) you sometimes find
these print your own business card machines that
are Atari ST based. I'm not sure which ST as I've never seen inside one,
but they crash with the familiar ST bombs every now and then.
Received on Sat Mar 29 2003 - 03:08:00 GMT

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