@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 21 days agoFiraxis preserves the 33-year-old, $10,000 386 PC Sid Meier used to develop Civilization – and it still workswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down11
arrow-up1352arrow-down1external-linkFiraxis preserves the 33-year-old, $10,000 386 PC Sid Meier used to develop Civilization – and it still workswww.techspot.com@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 21 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-square@datelmd5sumlinkEnglish9•21 days agoApart from spinning things maybe not spinning, why would it not work?
minus-square@BowtiesAreCoollinkEnglish20•21 days agoBig one would be capacitors. They don’t last forever and with time with work less efficiently, or not at all. They can leak and corrode the board.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•21 days agoTin whiskers could be a potential issue as well.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•20 days agoBut more likely to dry up/leak if you use the thing for 20 years than if you don’t, because of heat.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•21 days agoElectronics degrade over time. Like everything.
Apart from spinning things maybe not spinning, why would it not work?
Big one would be capacitors. They don’t last forever and with time with work less efficiently, or not at all. They can leak and corrode the board.
Tin whiskers could be a potential issue as well.
But more likely to dry up/leak if you use the thing for 20 years than if you don’t, because of heat.
Electronics degrade over time. Like everything.