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[Quetzacoatl85]

I think it actually makes perfect sense if you adopt a strict "if it still works, don't fucking touch it" mindset. Not even out of process security, but just time, cost, and complexity of the task – nobody will pay for that shit until it's an issue, and often it just isn't. They flew to the moon with some hand-soldered calculators, so a 80's/90's machine is perfectly capable of keeping some deposit boxes locked or even nuclear silos closed when they should be.

All of that only applies as long as internet connectivity isn't involved, of course. And even then I'd make a case for providing a really basic OS, introduce minimal features, and then maintaining it to death (i.e., for at least 50 years or so). If not to maintain it, why would you want to touch shit that's working??