I repaired a Spectrometer for Morgan University in Baltimore that had a vintage computer at its heart, used for training purposes and perfectly good. The computer just needed some TLC to get it back up and running. I think it was a P-II as well, there was a control card that would only work with the pre-PCI bus b
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:54 PM Jason Howe via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Indeed. > > Just this year, we pulled our Pentium Pro box off our museum shelf and > did a fresh install of NT4 for a faculty member and their scientific > instrument. > > --Jason > > > > On 12/18/18 5:48 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >> On Dec 18, 2018, at 2:51 PM, ben via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > >> > >> I would take a guess for custom hardware or software that never > migrated to Windows 13 or USB IIV. Ben. > > Being a photographer, I know there is a real market for this. Many > high-end scanners will only work with older Macintosh or Windows systems. > I have a scanner that originally cost $10,000, and the only software for it > runs on Windows XP (thankfully I can use Parallels Desktop to run XP and > use it). Other, even more expensive scanners require even older software > that requires physical systems. I also have some pretty high-end Macintosh > A/V HW & SW that won’t run on newer systems. > > > > I’m sure there is plenty of lab type equipment in this category as well. > > > > Zane > > > > > > > > > > >
