"Michael Terrell" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 5:45:44 AM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Michael Terrell" wrote in message

I know that you like old and cheap hardware, but XP is long out of
support.
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Anachronism alert! Call the Fashion Police! Anna Wintour is outraged!!
Prepare for Y2K and the Mayan Apocalypse!

My TV antennas and rotor are long out of support too, but they still work
fine and need less maintenance than my neighbor's Xfinity. XP didn't really
need Microsoft's loving hands / greedy fingers to keep it running.

I still use tools made in the 1800's. My HP test equipment is from the 70's
and 80's, my machine tools from the 50's and 60's, and my newest vehicle is
a 2000. All were built to last, which isn't the case with new stuff like my
12VDC powered freezer which is a $200 throw-away.

My CAD, flight simulator and datalogging programs run under XP. I was using
XP for Internet access until a few weeks ago when I finally got posting to
Usenet working on this W7 machine. The only difficulty with XP was the
increasing obsolescence of the last Firefox version. MS didn't completely
abandon it, I recently installed .NET updates.

Datalogging energy use sometimes requires putting laptops where they could
fall such as next to the water heater or hallway thermostat, so I use my
least valuable ones, running XP and W2K. The problem is the attached web of
sensor and power cables.


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