• @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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        11 month ago

        So do some fire panels, come to think of it. They use RS232 for programming, and either RS232 or RS485 for communication between modules.

        • @lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 month ago

          Yep. Coincidentally, part of that job involved a fire panel.

          It falls under the KISS principal - and if it ain’t broke, why fix it?

          • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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            11 month ago

            Oh, definitely. There’s a lot of products in the fire industry that haven’t fundamentally changed since the 80s or 90s, maybe a few tweaks.

    • Jerkface (any/all)
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      1 month ago

      Yes. Cold war era tech being manufactured today. You do realize there are plows being manufactured today that are intended to be drawn by oxen?

      It was a tongue in cheek comment and you’ve already displayed elsewhere in the thread how much you know about RS232 but you couldn’t let it slide.