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Re: What is the oldest computer that could be used today for real work? [message #411081 is a reply to message #411070] Sat, 18 September 2021 14:02 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Peter Flass is currently offline  Peter Flass
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Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> schrieb:
>> On Sat, 18 Sep 2021 04:07:50 -0000 (UTC)
>> John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
>>
>>> According to Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com>:
>>>> > You can still run programs compiled on a 360 on the latest “z” box.
>>>> >
>>>> Why?
>>>
>>> Because they are still useful? Is this a trick question?
>>
>> I suppose the real question is why not recompile them to take
>> advantage of the newer hardware.
>
> Recompile?
>
> You mean re-assemble?
>
>> I know during Y2K work that a lot of
>> instances of lost source code came to light, are people still running
>> binaries for which there is no source ?

There was a lot of this during conversions from 1401 to S/360. People
tended to patch the 1401 object decks rather than change the source and
recompile. If the source hadn’t been lost, it likely didn’t reflect the
running program.

>
> AFAIK, people still use commercial software like Microsoft Windows.
> One can presume that Microsoft has the source, but most users
> certainly don't (and for the user, this amounts to the same thing).
>



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