How up to date is your auto shop? Well, there is one in Poland that takes their equipment very, very seriously. They installed a Commodore 64 25 years ago and are still using it today.
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The Commodore 64 was put on the market in August of 1982. It was the bestselling computer in the history of computers, which at the time was a fairly short history. The personal computer had arrived and anyone who had the (today’s equivalent) of almost $1500 in their pocket was in line at Radio Shack to get one of those. It was probably the same scenario in Poland, back in the day.
So, the auto shop bought one and started using it for their day to day computing. Oddly enough, their day to day computer must not have changed much over the past 25 years, because they are still plugging away on it.
The computer they are using hasn’t been all that well cared for, but it keeps clicking away without complaint. They say it has been sitting near a window that has bathed it in rainwater now and then. Birds found it necessary to disrespect it with some poop on occasion. Clearly the Commodore 64 was a well build machine that was ready to take on whatever you have to throw at it. And it continues to take the abuse until this day.
It does make one wonder, though. How many thousands of dollars have you spent on upgrades, software and new computers since 1982? Maybe? Is it possible? Is it possible that none of that was necessary and everyone could have kept tapping along with those huge floppy discs? Have we been duped?
A1 Performance Auto Repair
At A1 Performance Auto Repair we pride ourselves in being an auto shop that stays up with current technology. The Commodore 64s of the world are probably happier in Poland.
