[Milsurplus] mil computers

aGEnuine Ham gl4d21a at juno.com
Mon Sep 13 21:01:10 EDT 2004


Gang:

Most of you are familiar with planned obsolescence, and maybe some of the
rationale behind it.  In my experience, the peak of hardware test
equipment occurred in the early 1990s, and we were replacing old but
better equipment with newer junk after that.  And it was literally
impossible to keep the good, functional stuff in place.  The clock
started ticking upon delivery, when the replacement date was set in
stone, and was to be obeyed.  

On the other hand, the bean counters apparently never counted on the rate
of decay of computers or software, and I don't think they have until yet.
 Amusing to see the departments who made stuff go away unnecessarily now
tearing their vanishing hair out trying to keep 3 and 5 year old imbedded
computers running, loaded with software no civilian in their right mind
has used in 10 years.  Which includes you DG and DEC lovers.  And what
ever happened to ADA, by the way?  Which is why little of this Gee Whiz
stuff works for very long in the field, and many of the guys around it
are civilians wearing uniforms.

73,
George
W5VPQ

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