Amid all the fervor and hype surrounding the next-generation technology set to alter the way our transportation systems function, it?s good to be reminded once in a while that replacing outgoing models isn?t always a necessity.
Case in point: There?s an auto-repair shop in Poland that, in 2016, is running at least some of its business on a Commodore 64.

If you?re unfamiliar, the Commodore 64 was one of the first personal computing systems offered for sale upon its debut in 1982, and it served as one of the first video-game systems for many now-graying adults before reaching its peak popularity and fading long before communism fell in the Eastern Bloc.
But the machine pictured above and its owners have been impervious to change. This particular C64C is used by a repair shop in Gda?sk to assist in balancing driveshafts and has been in operation for ?more than a quarter-century,? according to the Facebook fan group Commodore USA. This workhorse regularly has been soaked by rain from a nearby open window and once survived a flood, says Bartka Gatz, a member of the RetroKomp/Loaderror group that first posted the image that?s now receiving a good bit of attention thanks to its status as a surviving relic of computing’s early days.
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