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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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