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		barnabee 86 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Santa Ragione says Apple is delisting Wheels of Au... I used to think this but we have DOSBox, etc. Even if something stopped working, that doesn’t mean it can never work again. Apple aren’t obliged to keep the platform backwards compatible as long as they let people try to run their software.

duxup 86 days ago [–]

If it allows the platforms to evolve and change without endless backwards compatibility .... I wouldn't be entirely opposed to "provide some effort with an emulator" not necessarily support for it, I could get behind that idea.

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