[ashleyn]

If neither the Windows 8 machine nor the Windows 3.11 machine are networked with any path to the internet, they can limp along for quite some time without replacement. The bigger worry is this ancient hardware blowing a cap and leaving you unable to complete some vital function for the week.

[sonicanatidae]

If they were isolated, I wouldn't care much. Luckily the 3.11 machine was NOT public facing.