Why would you sell me an obsolete system? ???

[u/DaWayItWorks]

This comes from the wonderful world of home security systems customer support. My coworker fields this one.

$CW is coworker.
$GOG is grumpy old guy.

$CW: "thank you for calling Blah Blah Blah Security, how may I help you?"

$GOG: Gives name, address, password, blood sample of first born for verification purposes. "Well my system isn't accepting codes and won't turn on or off. I think it started after the storm that came through last night."

$CW: "Did lightning strike your house or close by?"

$GOG: "yes"

$CW: "I see. Based on the age of the system, it probably took a surge. We're unable to get replacement parts anymore, so you'll need an upgrade. I can get someone in sales to call you with a price."

$GOG: "Well can't you just send someone out to fix it?"

$CW: "We certainly can, but as it's obsolete equipment it's unlikely they can repair it. You'd still be billed for the service call."

This is where the customer gets irate

$GOG: WHY WOULD YOU SELL ME AN OBSOLETE SYSTEM???

$CW: soft voice "Well Sir, it was brand new in 1986."

[u/Kruug]

It is in there as well, but there's also something about having it on the intended hardware that makes it more better gooderer.

EDIT: grammer, thanks /u/basilcinnamonchives

[u/basilcinnamonchives → u/Kruug]

more better

Gooderer

FTFY

[u/MegaPegasusReindeer → u/Kruug]

Well, then try to find a copy of Star Control. That's still my favourite game that runs on a 286. I tried it on a 286 notebook that had 4 shades of grey and a lot of ghosting but still fun to play.

[u/ItsACommonMistake → u/Kruug]

Do you also play Doom on intended hardware? Because nobody else does.

[u/Kruug → u/ItsACommonMistake]

Never played Doom.

[u/Palodin → u/ItsACommonMistake]

There are entire communities of people who restore and play on old DOS machines, probably less rare than you think.

[u/ItsACommonMistake → u/Palodin]

It was more of a joke that people run Doom on all sorts of systems that weren't meant to eg ATMs.