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		tinus_hn on July 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2,500 continuous runtime hours on a 4.77Mhz DOS we... Wow expectations sure have come down! When that computer was new, people had uptimes measured in years, 100 days was pedestrian.

IntelMiner on July 15, 2023 [–]

And we were all on HN 40 years ago huh?

tinus_hn on July 15, 2023 | [–]

Well it’s about a computer from 40 years ago! That’s why I don’t see what’s so special; any computer from that era that still works today could easily run for a hundred days.

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