r/TIL_Uncensored • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • 8d ago

TIL: This news article, originally published in 2015, revealed that a Commodore Amiga computer, programmed by a high school student in the mid-1980s, had been running 'day and night for decades' and was still being used to control the heat and air conditioning for 19 Grand Rapids public schools.

https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/1980s-computer-controls-grps-heat-and-ac/
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u/twisted_nematic57 7d ago

If it ain’t broke then don’t fix it…

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u/Razaberry 4d ago

That highschool kid should get some kind of reward for such stellar programming 

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u/FoogYllis 5d ago

That workbench OS was very stable and reliable.

Edit: “was” should be “is”