Someone is still using a 34 year Commodore 64 to run a business in Poland!

[Recon4242]

This guy apparently runs a business using a Commodore 64 computer! This was even shared on the official Commodore Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/CommodoreUSA/photos/a.224898297528365.64728.181491231869072/1279382015413316/?type=3&theater

What is the oldest computer you have ever seen? Because this might be the oldest that is being used for real business!

Update:

Did not think this was needed but somebody posted the same thing I did with this link:

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-old-ass-commodore-64-is-still-being-used-to-run-an-1787196319

''Yes, the same Commodore 64 released 34 years ago that clocked in at 1 MHz and had 64 kilobytes of RAM. It came out in 1982, was discontinued in 1994, but it’s still used to run a freaking company in 2016.''

Casey Chan (Gizmodo Article) 

[MoonlightSylv]

Damn that's one durable computer.

[TheRandomness]

What the fuck why?

[minibois]

The oldest PC I have ever seen was a Commodore Amiga, which belonged to my dad and he sold a couple years ago.

[imPixelTV]

not the oldest computer ive ever seen/used but im using my 8 year old laptop until my pc gets fixed (the battery still holds a charge even after i tried to kill it circa 2010)

am i cool yet

[PCBjon]

12 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

What the fuck why?

Why not, it works.

[Coaxialgamer]

The oldest computer i have seen is a DEC rainbow 100A from 1982 that was in my grandparent's attic. 

[Nena Trinity]

I bet that thing has less crashes than a PC with Windows 10!

[aisle9]

Yes, but can it run Crysis?

[ChickenCake248]

I think just getting like a raspberry pi zero is a good idea at that point

[zMeul]

that C64 lived longer than the company that manufactured it

• no forced Windows Updates
• no BSODs
• no viruses
• no adware

[ChickenCake248]

I bet it smells gross by now

[Mira Yurizaki]

It doesn't run the company per se, it's just used for tuning stuff.

 

2 minutes ago, zMeul said:

that C64 lived longer than the company that manufactured it

• no forced Windows Updates
• no BSODs
• no viruses
• no adware

Kind of hard for that to happen to any PC (well, maybe not the BSODs) when it's not connected to the internet :3

[zMeul]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Kind of hard for that to happen to any PC (well, maybe not the BSODs) when it's not connected to the internet :3

well, you can connect a C64 to the internet 

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, zMeul said:

well, you can connect a C64 to the internet 

Best machine for browsing LTT.

[Notional]

I think it's more of a question of the polish company not being able to afford an upgrade. Yay marxism!

 

This is hardly news. I mean power plants are controlled by old computers too. Heck some american missile silos still runs on computers that are activated by 5 1/4" floppy disks.

[TheRandomness]

And no one's pointed out that it doesn't meet the tech news and reviews guidelines?

@shalaby pull a quote out of it and add your own opinion please. 

[iamdarkyoshi]

6 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

And no one's pointed out that it doesn't meet the tech news and reviews guidelines?

@shalaby pull a quote out of it and add your own opinion please. 

Yes

 

Also here is the part of the URL that actually matters:

https://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-old-ass-commodore-64-is-still-being-used-to-run-an-1787196319

[Notional]

8 minutes ago, Recon4242 said:

 

Maybe you should have given it a useful headline. Lots of people are still using their Commodore 64.

[xgn]

 And i thought Invar Kamprad was miserly 

[Recon4242]

Thank you Notional, the post has been updated to be more clear. I still would like to point out that it is a repeated post! 

[aisle9]

Some of you guys are putting the "crotch" in "crotchety".

[DarthSmartt]

5 hours ago, aisle9 said:

Yes, but can it run Crysis?

 

5 hours ago, aisle9 said:

Yes, but can it run Crysis?

I think the real question is... but can it run minesweeper.

 

quote, LTT comments 2016

[Magnetorheological]

Well, if it works for the guy, I see no problems. It's like going to a Chinese medicine shop and seeing the shopkeeper use an abacus to calculate stuff.

[deviant88]

if it aint broke dont change it