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tantalor
on Aug 10, 2020
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Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy d...
Why not just virtualize it and use whatever hardware you want?
blahyawnblah
on Aug 10, 2020
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The hardware itself may be the issue. Even com ports over usb don't work a good amount of the time
sheepybloke
on Aug 11, 2020
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Yes. I do some DoD Aerospace work, and we have expensive PCI cards that only work on Windows 7 or XP that are used to talk MIL-1553B to our hardware. So, we've got to have a piece of hardware that can handle both of requirements which can be a pain.
recursive
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The hardware probably has to be tested just the same. I don't think that gets you anything, except more complexity and more testing.
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