Don't fix what isn't broken: https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/indiana-bakery-still-using-commodore-64s-originally-released-in-1982-as-point-of-sale-terminals

In my professional opinion this is the best malware protected setup I have seen for years.

@masek when heart bleed happened I contacted the IT folks who “secured” the site I was in charge of. They told me not to worry bc the version of bsd we were using was insanely old.

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ROFL

@fredbrooker Please extend my best wishes to them

@masek What happens in case of a hardware failure? Maybe a solution based on Raspberry PI/Linux would be a better choice.

@ip6li Replacement C64 are available plentiful. My C64 with ther setial #600 is still working.

@ip6li @masek Probably simply swap in another C64 that they got for free or paid $5 at a garage sale.

@fredbrooker @masek I love the combo of ancient computer with modern flat-screen monitors. Sleek!

@hyc @fredbrooker I would like to know how they connect the C64 to the monitors. I would like to use my C64 once on my 85‘‘ TV set 😁. People tell me that this is mor difficult than it sounds.

@masek @fredbrooker older C64 just had composite video out, later upgraded to also have Y/C which can be fed into an S-Video cable. https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/A/V_Jack

@hyc @fredbrooker Very old: Serial #600 😏. It offers SCART.

@masek @fredbrooker easy enough to convert that to HDMI for a modern display. I just found this on AliExpress:
€8.44 | 1080P AV Svideo to HDMI-compatible Video Converter RCA to HDMI-Compatible Adapter Cable For DVD HD TV STB Compatble With PS2/PS3
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EwZNKMk

@hyc @fredbrooker Those if the C64 community say: most create shitty output or none at all. There was a company with good converters, but they went out of business.

@masek @fredbrooker there's a range of options. This one has a video of the device in operation.

€34.38 | Scart to HDMI converter 3-in-1 composite AV S-video Scart to HDMI cable converter Scart RCA in to HDMI out for wii DVD HDTV
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EHRZ0u8

@masek @fredbrooker this one explicitly lists C64 compat

€93.91 | RetroScaler2x AV to HDMI-compatible Converter and Line-doubler For Retro Game Consoles PS2 N64 NES Dreamcast Saturn MD1 MD2
https://a.aliexpress.com/_Exh6nUo

@hyc @fredbrooker Unluckily it lists the N64 but not the C64. The Vic20 is listed though, that increases the chances. I‘ll check it with some sources.

@masek @fredbrooker no, it says quite plainly Commodore64

@hyc @fredbrooker Thanks. Didn’t see that on!

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Kit was made well in the olden days.

@masek This is brilliant and why, I think, “retrocomputing” as a whole is popular amongst techies nowadays.

No viruses
No ransomware
No constantly changing UI for users to relearn
No spyware/adware
No vendor “collecting data”
No need to buy continually more powerful hardware to run continually more bloated OSes and applications
No software written by sociopaths
And the list goes on

More companies should do this if they are at all capable of doing it.

networking? Serial cables.

XMODEM is the best firewall