Good God. I've only got eight 2003 R2 systems left to upgrade, and three XP workstations.
On 26 August 2010 14:55, Holstrom, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > Our old phone system still runs on DOS. I've been sweating this for > years... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:27 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Windows 95. > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I still have one dinosaur running an app on W9x that won't run on > NT-or-newer. > > > > Can this be virtualized somehow or other, or are you scavenging eBay > > even now for parts? > > Until a few months ago, we had a measurement system in production that > was still running Win 3.x. It had some custom interface card and software, > the origin of which had been lost in the mists of time. > Card was ISA; system didn't work under anything newer than 3.x. Years ago > I saw what was coming and started squirreling away spare parts for that > system, as we retried old computers. It got to the point where I had > literally replaced every single part (mobo, PSU, VGA, HDD) at least once due > to failures. > > Then a few months ago the interface board died. I can't say I was sad. > > (We're now running a new system with new software and COTS hardware.) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
