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~superfxchip

This all sounds very complicated to get running. It's definitely pesky finding ways to retrofit gradually obsolete technology especially given for archival purposes.

Even peskier trying to update software over potentially brickable hardware, making it all that much harder to try and preserve an older device. It's too bad there aren't a common amount of mobile version sites with support for older HTML like there used to be.

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~tetris wrote (thread):

It's a shame, but I'm hoping that there's a force of change happening in the hardware world (driven by FOSS software enthusiasts) where people are looking to take control of their devices for the long term again. I'm hoping this is a trend that won't fizzle out.