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Originally Posted by 3rdvogon
I think of all those movies made from the 60s through to the 80s in which there is some form of AI (something we don't have) but where people are still using analog gauges and monochrome CRT displays (things that are already on their way to the antique shops).
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You'd be surprised how many brand new analog gauges there still are out there; as long as we have old operators, will have old fashioned operator interfaces.
My personal favorite is when a customer demands an old-fashioned light board—basically a grid of light bulbs with labels—instead of “fancy shmancy” LCD monitors with HMI screens.
Oh, and engineers really do love to put blinking lights on everything. I’m sitting in front of a 8’ x 24’ panel with about 1000 of them right now (most are blinking red—another long day
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