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by halapro 57 days ago
Ok what do you suggest? Every feature ever written should be supported in perpetuity even if 3 people are using it? Clearly you didn't think this through. Should 2026 computers have a ISA interface as well?

Supporting old hardware and software has a substantial cost that only grows exponentially. Companies exist to print money, not to cater to the smallest niches.

It would be great if they could support things, but I most definitely understand why they don't.

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> Should 2026 computers have a ISA interface as well?

Fun fact: Yes! Basically all still do, because TPM chips are connected to the CPU via ISA.

See for example: https://hackaday.com/2023/03/23/isa-over-tpm-to-your-pc/