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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by josephcsible on Sunday February 26, 2023 @12:48AM (#34943398)
> Could you run the then current operating system in 2006 on a computer that you bought in 1986?

Linux can do something very similar. You can run the latest version of Gentoo Linux today on an Intel 486 from 1989.

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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by scarface74 on Sunday February 26, 2023 @10:09AM (#34946103)
The subject was about Microsoft. Could a computer from 1989 be useful with the 2006 web? Flash and all?
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