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		FreeFull on June 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Shareware Scene, Part 4: Doom Eventually, the hardware will break, so it's a good idea to plan for that. There are ways to interface with old hardware using new hardware, including special modern motherboards that have ISA slots, or USB2ISA converters

ido on June 6, 2020 [–]

I haven't worked there in a long time, I wouldn't bet on that computer still chugging along. 2001 is actually closer to 1986 than it is to today :)

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