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reaperducer • yesterday at 10:25 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Not DOS, but my company has a Windows XP machine with a dialup connection that I have to keep running for obtuse legal reasons.

If it goes down, the company gets fined. It happened in the gap between my predecessor leaving, and me being hired.


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gerdesj • yesterday at 11:15 PM

Does it have to be a XP box or is just keeping a serial dialup connection working the key?

andix • yesterday at 10:31 PM

Is it a physical machine and not a VM? I already had issues with getting XP compatible spare parts years ago. Had to buy used parts that were already pretty old (so high risk of failing again).

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