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Bakery in Indiana (US) still uses C64

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First post, by Jo22

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Hi, just saw this in the news today. Photo is from 2010 or so.

https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/indiana … -sale-terminals

I think that's not unusual per se.

However, nowadays such things go viral.

It apparently blows people's minds that old computers had been used for more than just playing games.

On a second thought, the use in a bakery does the C64's nickname justice. 😉
(The Commodore 64 used to be called "bread bin".)

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Reply 1 of 3, by UCyborg

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Well, we live in a world with a lot of pressure to use recent software to be able to do this and that. No, your phone is too old for this. No, Windows 7 is so yesterday, better get on with the times.

Arthur Schopenhauer wrote:

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Reply 2 of 3, by kixs

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Usually the problem is with software updates - new regulations or law implementations. Software companies will drop support for old OS's after some time.

So who does the software maintenance of this C64?

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Reply 3 of 3, by Rwolf

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I don't think it kneads any maintenace, as long as it brings in the dough.

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