Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL A small donut shop on the west side of Indianapolis uses cash registers made from modified Commodore-64s.www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down16
arrow-up1195arrow-down1external-linkTIL A small donut shop on the west side of Indianapolis uses cash registers made from modified Commodore-64s.www.pcgamer.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareespentan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoI recall reading that a train station in Germany was using a C64 to power its’ departure displays well into the 2000s.
minus-squareargh_another_username@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoAlso a school district had an Amiga controlling the heat system. Found a link: https://community.spiceworks.com/t/80s-era-amiga-controls-the-heating-for-an-entire-school-district/411781
minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoGermany (or more specifically, Berlin) lost potentially hundreds of covid cases during the height of the pandemic because the fax ran out of paper.
I recall reading that a train station in Germany was using a C64 to power its’ departure displays well into the 2000s.
Also a school district had an Amiga controlling the heat system.
Found a link: https://community.spiceworks.com/t/80s-era-amiga-controls-the-heating-for-an-entire-school-district/411781
Germany (or more specifically, Berlin) lost potentially hundreds of covid cases during the height of the pandemic because the fax ran out of paper.