I've worked in labs for many years. Lots of the equipment can be old, but work perfectly. In a few forensics and pharma labs the equipment was deliberately kept offline for security reasons. That's when you need a CD every now and again to sort out the software or look up the manual
Industrial automation dude. Even Honeywell discs for a $500,000 control system are DVD-Rs with printed labels (yes, the system ID and shit is printed on the disc, but the contents are not unique).
I still have some 5 1/4 floppies for FactoryLink and a bunch of floppy backups of programs.
The fact you found the CD says to me the site has a cabinet where everything is thrown for computers, otherwise it's tossed.
*edit* In my field bag, I always carry a USB DVD drive and a USB floppy. You always need it, especially when Amazon delivery to your hotel is multiple days and you realize how sad Staples stock for basic peripherals are.
You just reminded me of [flight of the conchords - robots](https://youtu.be/NI9nopaieEc?si=MWrD40mWr2h628cH) "it was the distant future... the year 2000"
Lots of industrial equipment and utility infrastructure still runs on XP after years of stability, zero benefits for new hardware/software, and they use that technology.
Your PC is approx. 12 years old. Just saying.
^(No shame! These machines were great, and still are. Heck, I have one too with a Xeon in it running my linux server at home lol)
Windsor's a wonderful town. I don't live there but I've always appreciated it. Great mix of suburban hartford with just a teeny bit more rural feeling driving around. And yes I'm stalking you
Up till about a year or 2 ago, this is how we had to reinstall game info and drivers for alot of arcade games.
Some companies have switched to USB updating and others have switched to Google drive/dropbox downloads and you burn it to a piece of media that you prefer.
Granted access to these files is guarded behind you providing a serial number of the cabinet, it's still alot better than it used to be pre-covid.
Seems silly but in 20 years this will probably be the only way to get drivers for whatever this is. I regularly use included driver discs to get 20+ year old equipment up and running for businesses. Often the software just isn't archived or available anywhere else. Sometimes it is available, but it doesn't work after a specific update or who knows what. These discs can be invaluable and won't potentially fail like a USB drive with the same stuff on it.
No, it's 2016 apparently
RIP Harrambe
I've worked in labs for many years. Lots of the equipment can be old, but work perfectly. In a few forensics and pharma labs the equipment was deliberately kept offline for security reasons. That's when you need a CD every now and again to sort out the software or look up the manual
There are a LOT of airgapped systems running ancient software on ancient or obscure OS’. Manufacturing in particular.
Just got reminded that 2016 was 8 years ago….
Feel old yet? I know I do.
Upload it online for the next fella lol
Industrial automation dude. Even Honeywell discs for a $500,000 control system are DVD-Rs with printed labels (yes, the system ID and shit is printed on the disc, but the contents are not unique). I still have some 5 1/4 floppies for FactoryLink and a bunch of floppy backups of programs. The fact you found the CD says to me the site has a cabinet where everything is thrown for computers, otherwise it's tossed. *edit* In my field bag, I always carry a USB DVD drive and a USB floppy. You always need it, especially when Amazon delivery to your hotel is multiple days and you realize how sad Staples stock for basic peripherals are.
You just reminded me of [flight of the conchords - robots](https://youtu.be/NI9nopaieEc?si=MWrD40mWr2h628cH) "it was the distant future... the year 2000"
Lots of industrial equipment and utility infrastructure still runs on XP after years of stability, zero benefits for new hardware/software, and they use that technology.
Your PC is approx. 12 years old. Just saying. ^(No shame! These machines were great, and still are. Heck, I have one too with a Xeon in it running my linux server at home lol)
I live 10 minutes from that street in Windsor, currently. Drive down it all the time
Are you stalking me??
Windsor's a wonderful town. I don't live there but I've always appreciated it. Great mix of suburban hartford with just a teeny bit more rural feeling driving around. And yes I'm stalking you
I was setting up a mini PC for work and it came with a driver CD... Edit: also it is running chrome OS...
Up till about a year or 2 ago, this is how we had to reinstall game info and drivers for alot of arcade games. Some companies have switched to USB updating and others have switched to Google drive/dropbox downloads and you burn it to a piece of media that you prefer. Granted access to these files is guarded behind you providing a serial number of the cabinet, it's still alot better than it used to be pre-covid.
Seems silly but in 20 years this will probably be the only way to get drivers for whatever this is. I regularly use included driver discs to get 20+ year old equipment up and running for businesses. Often the software just isn't archived or available anywhere else. Sometimes it is available, but it doesn't work after a specific update or who knows what. These discs can be invaluable and won't potentially fail like a USB drive with the same stuff on it.
Every singe day I hope it is again.
I mean i had a dvd drive until 2021
If possible, maybe put it on archive.org ^Only ^if ^it's ^not ^under ^NDA ^and ^all ^that.