For those of you who are old enough to remember: Windows Update used to be a website that scanned your machine using an ActiveX control.
For those of you who are old enough to remember: Windows Update used to be a website that scanned your machine using an ActiveX control.
My work runs some scientific instruments on Windows 3.1 and Windows 98 still. The equipment is from the 80s and cannot be upgraded. To buy a new one costs 5 million dollars. Ironically, when parts break on it now, it’s super expensive to fix because of rarity of parts. Luckily the computers are not on the internet.
No problem with using ancient machines so long as they’re properly air gapped. But, yeah… continuing maintenance is going to get increasingly difficult as time continues to pass.