Toes♀@ani.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoAny out there running Windows XP in 2024?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareAny out there running Windows XP in 2024?Toes♀@ani.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
I’m curious what you’ve been doing with it, what workarounds and fixes you’ve had to do over the years?
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months ago The machinists run their gcode files from USB sticks that are walked from their machine to the CNC Wait until USB-C becomes the de-facto standard, and new systems no longer come with USB-A, and USB-A sticks are no longer manufactured. Happened to the floppy drive, too.
minus-squareOtherbarry@lemmy.zipcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoTrue, but add-in cards are going to be around for a long time after that for the people truly desperate for USB-A ports on a new desktop. For a while at work I had to use a add-in card in a Win 10 desktop just to have a parallel port for the ancient label printer we were using.
Wait until USB-C becomes the de-facto standard, and new systems no longer come with USB-A, and USB-A sticks are no longer manufactured.
Happened to the floppy drive, too.
True, but add-in cards are going to be around for a long time after that for the people truly desperate for USB-A ports on a new desktop.
For a while at work I had to use a add-in card in a Win 10 desktop just to have a parallel port for the ancient label printer we were using.