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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by scarface74 on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:03PM (#32988359)
The tradeoff with killing 32 bit apps was that Apple could remove support for 32 bit code in ARM processors. Apple knew they were moving to 64 bit ARM processors.

But should Apple have kept support for PPC support forever? 68K? Why not keep a 65C02 emulator around so I can run Oregon Trail from the 80s?

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Re:Outdated vs. Complete: In defense of apps that don’t need... by musicale on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:08PM (#32988440)
> Why not keep a 65C02 emulator around so I can run Oregon Trail from the 80s?

Sounds good to me! Pretty sure Apple 2 system software and an emulator would only be a few megabytes, and it would be awesome as something you could install for free like GarageBand etc.. Apple might also be able to acquire the rights to a bunch of classic Apple 2 apps and games...

Maybe we can convince Apple to do it for their 50th birthday. Or maybe a Mac emulator for the 40th anniversary of the Macintosh in 2024. ;-)

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