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This Old-arse Commodore 64 Is Still Being Used to Run an Auto Shop in Poland
Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:07 pm
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Hell yeah.
We need to learn a lesson about needless consumerism from this auto repair shop in Gdansk, Poland. Because it still uses a Commodore 64 to run its operations. Yes, the same Commodore 64 released 34 years ago that clocked in at 1 MHz and had 64 kilobytes of RAM. It came out in 1982, was discontinued in 1994, but it’s still used to run a freaking company in 2016. That’s awesome.
To be sure, small businesses around the world often use technology that’s a bit more outdated than what the rest of us use in our daily lives but damn, flexing a Commodore 64 for work in a time when babies are given smartphones before pacifiers is pretty damn bad arse.
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Here’s what Commodore USA’s Facebook pagewrote regarding the computer:
This C64C used by a small auto repair shop for balancing driveshafts has been working non-stop for over 25 years! And despite surviving a flood it is still going...
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Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:12 pm to whodatfan
Man, we don't build computers like that anymore . Awesome find. Really speaks to the robust parts and craftsmanship of that computer .
Posted on 9/30/16 at 6:06 am to whodatfan
My company still uses a computer that was made the year I was born
This post was edited on 10/3/16 at 7:34 am
Posted on 9/30/16 at 9:09 pm to whodatfan
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64 kilobytes of RAM
And only 38,911 BASIC bytes free.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 9:17 pm to Bama and Beer
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My company still uses a computer that was made the year I was born, 1986, and has the green/ black screen, no mouse, and is connected to a printer that was probably made in the same year. Luckily we only have a few more months until the controller (dudes stuck in his way and has been there close to 40 years) retires and we can move the frick on. I don't have to deal with that POS but on a very limited basis, like a couple times a year
Dude that is just fricking stupid.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 11:39 pm to Bama and Beer
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Luckily we only have a few more months until the controller (dudes stuck in his way and has been there close to 40 years) retires and we can move the frick on.
Let me guess, an AS/400
ETA the AS/400 came out in 88. So maybe not that.
I just decommissioned a 400 last year... they had been using a 400 since 1989-1990 as far as I can tell
This post was edited on 9/30/16 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 10/1/16 at 7:07 am to whodatfan
Posted on 10/1/16 at 7:35 am to BruslyTiger
That Amiga's potential is being wasted. I'd load Earl Weaver Baseball on it and run a fantasy league. 
Posted on 10/2/16 at 6:26 pm to WavinWilly
quote:yes
Let me guess, an AS/400
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