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by dchichkov 3700 days ago
I probably will put it up. It's a nice inspirational story for teens out here. Doubt there'd be any repercussions, no one cares about some random code on GitHub. And the equipment is hopefully taken out of service years ago, it was more than 20 years back. I wish I knew how long it had been used, but there've been only about 10-20 units sold, I think.

I vaguely remember adding extra features for a year or so (like adding support for HP laserjet printer). But one of the founders of the company (on the business side) had some health problems, and I guess that had played role in very small number of units sold. The only feedback that I've had, is pretty much that my father took me to a lab once, that had a unit deployed, for a support call. And I've seen some real printouts with patient names, from the unit. The lab assistant seemed to be happy with the device. I remember them showing me some blood plasma and teaching me to count cells, during lab tour ;)