Interesting tidbit

	Bottom Previous Topic Next Topic
Register To Post

Nuder_Try

Interesting tidbit

Posted on: 2015/6/12 21:51 #1

Just popping in

http://woodtv.com/2015/06/11/1980s-co ... ontrols-grps-heat-and-ac/

Paul

Re: Interesting tidbit

Posted on: 2015/6/13 3:29 #2

Quite a regular

@Nuder_Try

Well, I just left Grand Rapids about 3 hours ago. Had I known, I would have saluted the old Miggy!

Paul

Builder of Frankenthousand The monster A1000
The Young Frankenthousand A1-XE G4
X5000

ChrisH

Re: Interesting tidbit

Posted on: 2015/6/13 10:11 #3

Home away from home

@Nuder_Try
Interesting! To encourage people to click on the link, here's a brief quote:
Quote:

A 30-year-old computer that has run day and night for decades is what controls the heat and air conditioning at 19 Grand Rapids Public Schools.

The Commodore Amiga was new to GRPS in the early 1980s and it has been working tirelessly ever since.
...
A Kentwood High School student programmed it when it was installed in the 1980s. Whenever the district has a problem with it, they go back to the original programmer who still lives in the area.
...
A new, more current system would cost between $1.5 and 2 million.

Author of the PortablE programming language.

Register To Post
	Top Previous Topic Next Topic

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 ( 0 members and 1 Anonymous Users )