On 10/8/2010 9:36 AM, HeyBub wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:

My 3ghz dual core Intel will boot and run DOS also but it wont run
some of the old applications like certain POS software and games. There
are
differences between the bus architecture and timing for the ISA/XT,
ISA/AT, AGP, PCI, PCI-X, etc, etc. To repeat a cliche, I've been there
done that. Many folks out there are running old DOS programs because
the software just works and does what it's supposed to do. Heck, if I
remember correctly, at one time most of the anytime teller machines
were running OS2. I don't know about now because a while back I read
about some other company taking over development of the software and
renaming it.

There's a lot to be said for "it just works." In fact, the vast majority of
modems in use today operate at 2400 Baud (think ATMs).



Some years back, I installed a number of backup generators in homes and
I obtained circuit boards for DSC alarm control panels which I mounted
inside the transfer switches. The use of simple tried and true alarm
communications protocols over a POTS line was a very reliable way to
monitor the generators. Years later, they're still working and it's
considered old technology.

TDD