Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?

233 points by mlaux 1 month ago | 240 comments

Ask HN post asking who still runs DOS machines, ISA-card instruments, or dongle-protected software for business, for research on keeping them running on modern hardware.

Ask HN: Why isn't BTRFS the default FS in home-oriented Linux distributions?

23 points by develatio 3 years ago | 31 comments

Ask HN: How does Starlink work for IP address/ASN internationally?

62 points by rootsudo 3 years ago | 41 comments

Ask HN: Iran's 120h internet shutdown, phones back. How to stay resilient?

40 points by us321 9 months ago | 41 comments

Ask HN: Anyone have a good solution for modern Mac to legacy SCSI converters?

17 points by stmw 9 months ago | 36 comments

Ask HN: Does anyone care about OpenPOWER?

52 points by sandwichbop 2 years ago | 57 comments