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Defeating a 40-year-old copy protection dongle – Dmitry Brant (dmitrybrant.com)
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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

This accounting firm was actually using a Windows 98 computer (yep, in 2026)

Could have used FreeDOS.

Btw, i have seen a large-ish (for local ratios) furniture vendor doing receipts in a text-mode software back in 2023. Each clerk used it selling furniture.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Wait until you find out about healthcare. Or banking.

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

That would most likely have been a AS/400 iSeries setup. Still in use by some large companies.