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Not 100% related, but there are a few of business around that still use home computers from the 80's.

some examples:

A bakery in Indiana is still using the 40-year-old Commodore 64 as a cash register | A 1 MHz CPU and 64KB of RAM are enough [1]

A an Atari 1040ST still in use for the a campsite's operations [2]

Commodore 64 Still Powering Auto Repair Shop in Poland [3]

A Japanese kimono factory that still use a Sharp MZ-80K [4]

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/gadgets/comments/1hhqa0h/a_bakery_i...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LxPEz9x2fs

[3] https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a23139/c...

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWJZFQHklBg

(Note: some of the above links are a few years old, it may be that it is no longer the case)



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