For example, the weather map display system at the Department of Geography/Geology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha has been in continuous operation since 1999. Consisting of six Apple Macintosh computers, some dating to 1992 and with as little as 32 MB of memory, the system uses Cron and Applescript to perform certain operations every hour.
To illustrate, a weather map display system at the University of Nebraska at Omaha's Department of Geography/Geology has been in operation since 1999. The system, which consists of six Apple Macintosh computers from 1992, relies on Cron and Applescript to perform hourly tasks.