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Posted by Suzy on January 8, 2008, 1:30 pm
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> wrote:
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>> But the ICL 1900 is no more than a re-boxed Ferranti Argus 500. (ICT +
>> Gov money + Ferranti knowhow = ICL) and for those of you wanting
>> something to worry about, there are a few nuclear power stations and
>> also some Cat A prisons still controlled by Ferranti Argus machines
>> that I looked after 20 years ago!!!
>>
>> AWEM
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> I'm not sure that would worry me too much Andrew, better than trusting
> MS in it's two latest guises (XP and Vista). Modern components are
> causing me to worry as well, I've just had the third new hard disk
> fail in as many weeks on install. All "good" makes but when you look
> closer they are all Chinese made. I now have to look at the
> manufacturer and the country of origin it would seem.
>
> Although I had left by then the ICL was replaced in the early 80's
> when the Americans took over the facility and couldn't stop laughing
> at our "IT centre". When I returned in the late 80's having been
> working with one of the then most powerful mainframes in Europe, I
> also had a good laugh at their IBM "ludite" machine that had replaced
> it. "What goes round comes................" I guess.
>
> The truth is they don't make them like that anymore and it's a bl***y
> good job really :-)
>
> Keith
>
FWIW I find XP Home solid as a rock. I wouldn't touch Vista with a bargepole
(nor ever trust Microsoft -- the destroyer of VB -- again)
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