Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of octal Date: 16 Nov 2024 05:50:57 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <20241111090306.0000385d@gmail.com> <70ac3933f2b6e0f3539c739acc5a792d@msgid.frell.theremailer.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net y/B5l0DekNzVo29owgfRnQXP1LlMJLzpSfIkJiYJqcwJUnXzF4 Cancel-Lock: sha1:zDIxx/F24co7EvrZq/q0cFAsCyI= sha256:avttmATwW+eTTux3ID9+T8dW3PljAhIPNg9AtsDti88= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:61006 On Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:01:26 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > This stuff is STILL in use at various levels from yer local school > district to the IRS and beyond. It WORKS - and was a HUGE investment > back in the day, UNAFFORDABLE to replace/debug now. They will use > this stuff until the magic smoke finally escapes forever and ever. > Then - disaster. https://www.avtecinc.com/industries/public-safety/psap-completes-motorola- centracom-elite-replacement Time goes by so it probably was 20 years ago when I looked at a RFP from a new site that specified an interface to a Motorola Centracom Gold system. I'd written the interface years earlier but I gently asked "Er, guys, you do know Motorola doesn't make that anymore? Do you have one?" Turned out they didn't so chaos ensued. https://www.ebay.com/itm/122618898601 I'm sure there are agencies that actually are shopping on eBay to keep their radio system alive. It was a great system in its day but its day was about 1985. It's understandable considering a medium sized agency may have several hundred thousands of dollars invested in the existing system and getting money for new hardware isn't as esay as getting it for DEI training.