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		user_rob on May 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still... I designed some of the electronics and wrote some firmware code for the Bell AH-1S Cobra in 1978 1979. The system is still flying as I see the external parts of the system in news clips. Does that count? Beat that! Mean looking image of a parked up one - the red bag covers part of the system: http://www.vaq136.com/misawa/cobra73418-017b.jpg

pc86 on May 18, 2016 [–]

That's pretty neat. Were you working for a defense contractor at the time?

user_rob on May 18, 2016 | [–]

Yup a big one in the UK

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