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I may be old, but when the apocalypse comes, I know how to assemble a 286 from junk parts, edit AUTOEXEC.BAT and play games in stunning EGA graphics.

Meanwhile my kids will be digging into piles of radioactive junk looking for Lightning adapters.

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And even with our super-long life spans, those old PCs will still work 100 years from now long after all the MBPs and iPhones are completely dead. I remember my old IBM XT, it could probably derail a train and still boot up.

I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but even now, some of the EPROMs of that era are exhibiting bit rot. The floppies aren't doing so well either.

I guess I'll have to reserve mine for breaking out of security-glass-walled cells.

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