Atari ST Still Manages Campground Reservations After 36 Years

Started by ZLoth, October 08, 2021, 04:11:30 AM

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From Hackaday:

Atari ST Still Manages Campground Reservations After 36 Years
Quote"Don't fix it if it ain't broke" . That's what we guess [Frans Bos] has been thinking for the past few decades, as he kept using his Atari ST to run a booking system for the family campground. (Video, embedded below.)

Although its case has yellowed a bit, the trusty old machine is still running 24/7 from April to October, as it has done every year since 1985. In the video [Frans] demonstrates the computer and its custom campground booking system to [Victor Bart].
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I'm an Engineer. That means I solve problems. Not problems like "What is beauty?", because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems and call them "paychecks".


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