<story><title>Seattle&apos;s University Bridge still operates on Compaq 8080 and 5.25&quot; Floppy disks</title><url>http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2014/03/12/no-more-5-12-floppy-disks-university-bridge-openings-will-take-longer-as-city-updates-computer-wiring/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nostromo</author><text>The original article is much more interesting and informative:
&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/03/seattles-university-bridge-undergoing-a-reboot/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blogs.seattletimes.com&amp;#x2F;today&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;seattles-univers...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It also includes a picture of the computer:
&lt;a href=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/oK0eknm.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;oK0eknm.jpg&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Seattle&apos;s University Bridge still operates on Compaq 8080 and 5.25&quot; Floppy disks</title><url>http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2014/03/12/no-more-5-12-floppy-disks-university-bridge-openings-will-take-longer-as-city-updates-computer-wiring/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>timr</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;you probably would have assumed there were sophisticated systems at work.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;That bridge was built at the turn of the century.  I&amp;#x27;m surprised to hear there&amp;#x27;s a computer involved at all.</text></comment>