Chris Gordon
cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord
David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au) wrote:
: Matthew Geier (matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au) wrote:
: > State Rail is still rather dependant on route setting computer logic
: >implemented on DEC PDP11 systems. Such a control system is a prime canditate
: >for failure. Its old, contains much hard to maintain code, and likely to be
: >still in use due to no funds available to replace it.
: They found enough money to get desktop PCs for the administrators, all of
: which would be more powerful than a PDP11. It's not THAT expensive to
: upgrade to, say, a PC running some sort of Unix. I bet even your Amiga is
: more powerful!
: Cheers
: David
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