Commodore 64 still chugging along!

[David Ortiz-Grob]

This Old-Ass Commodore 64 Is Still Being Used to Run an Auto Shop in Poland

Casey Chan

Yesterday 3:50pm

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Hell yeah.

We need to learn a lesson about needless consumerism from this auto repair shop in Gdansk, Poland. Because it still uses a Commodore 64 to run its operations. 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. That’s awesome.

To be sure, small businesses around the world often use technology that’s a bit more outdated than what the rest of us use in our daily lives but damn, flexing a Commodore 64 for work in a time when babies are given smartphones before pacifiers is pretty damn bad ass.

Here’s what Commodore USA’s Facebook page wrote regarding the computer:

This C64C used by a small auto repair shop for balancing driveshafts has been working non-stop for over 25 years! And despite surviving a flood it is still going...

I know where I’m going if my car ever breaks down in Poland.

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

[crei...@sdf.lonestar.org]

I have a problem. I have an old android phone (Droid Incredible 2) with a
bad display. It works, as I can get to it via USB debugging, and have
transferred *most* of my important data. However, I have a Bitcoin client
on the old phone (Mycelium) that I can't get to. If anyone has any
special tools, such as a universal display, that would let me get to the
app and transfer my balance to my new phone, I am certainly willing to pay
for the time involved. Otherwise, any advice that could be offered would
be appreciated.

Creighton

[Britt Dodd]

I believe that the Android emulator will provide a display for your phone. I also seem to recall a chrome plugin for being able to "present" your phone on a computer via adb too....

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[Matt B.]

Last time I had to do such a thing I ended up using this or something very similar:

http://marian.schedenig.name/2014/07/03/remote-control-your-android-phone-through-adb/

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[crei...@sdf.lonestar.org]

Outstanding! Thank you! Now all I have to do is get it to work on my iMac.

Creighton

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If you have no luck and are available Monday I'll be in town and can come by the space.

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