• lad
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    611 months ago

    Some need an actual old hardware for research, for improving emulators, for testing compatibility, for porting specific software. I would guess it may have more uses, but those are ones I know of. And for display in a museum, too

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      411 months ago

      NASA needed 8086 chips till they retired the shuttle. They were paying good $$$ for the things as well. Dunno if anyone would need those things anymore at this point.

    • @Mango
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      111 months ago

      Ahh thanks. I thought he meant it about a singular laptop.