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   -=> Ross Branham wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DD> I moved on to the Commode Door 64 after the TRaSh-80. A number of those   
    DD> are still in service (the motherboards anyweay) with NOAA reporting on   
    DD> tides and monitoring costal oceanographic data.   
    DD> And one of the last remaining video rental companies in USA (Family   
    DD> Video) ran their whole company on a Tandy 1000 using home brewed Linux   
    DD> software until their demise last year. It was head-quartered just a mile   
    DD> or so from my house   
      
    RB> I would like to know what other old computers are being   
    RB> used for daily business use. It's amazing to me that   
    RB> they're still in use as old as they are.   
      
   Check many state agencis and school districts here in Illinois. One of   
   the guys I meet with monthly for pizza and beverage got his current gig   
   w/Illinois Department on Aging because he can maintain and modify the   
   COCOL code running on their old Burroughs mainframe.  Bv)=   
      
      
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