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Visited my old high school in Boise and saw their alarm panel
They still have that old Ademco 4140XMP from the 90s in the main office. All the zones are still written on masking tape stuck to the wall. The new security company just wired their new stuff into it. Kind of wild to see a panel that old still running the whole show. Anyone else run into a setup like this where the old gear is just too solid to replace?
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karen_wilson7mo ago
Makes me feel better about my own ancient tech. My home router is from the Obama administration and still going strong. Sometimes the old stuff just works until it doesn't.
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ryanprice6mo ago
Gotta ask though, is a router dying really that big of a deal? It's not like your fridge breaking. You can grab a new one same day for like 60 bucks. The real pain is when something actually critical and expensive gives out, like a car transmission. That's a real problem. A router is just a minor hiccup.
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the_daniel7mo ago
You're right about old stuff working until it doesn't. My own router is probably that old, @karen_wilson. I keep meaning to replace it, but it just sits there quietly doing its job. The day it finally quits will be a real pain, but until then, why fix what isn't broken? It's a good lesson in not replacing things just because they're old.
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