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Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by brudgers on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:31PM (#49858104)
The Amiga was a popular ecosystem.
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Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by jl6 on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:57PM (#49858377)
And as a result it's very well emulated, making it very likely that Amiga code can still be run in 50 years' time.
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Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by brudgers on Saturday September 26, 2026 @02:05PM (#49858993)
Today. That was not true a few years ago.
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Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by badsectoracula on Saturday September 26, 2026 @05:24PM (#49860678)
I remember Amiga emulators (notice the plural) going all the way back to when i was in high school - and that was around 1999-2001 or so.
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Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by brudgers on Saturday September 26, 2026 @05:42PM (#49860799)
That was about the time frame of the commercial Windows NT emulator mentioned up thread. There was a market for them.

Today’s landscape is shaped by the pandemic. In between, there were many years of impracticality.

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