[Uncle_Brumpus]

Thank you. This is a spectacular amount of work and information.

As someone who is interested in similar old hardware that occasionally lacks any kind of documentation (specifically cameras), I sincerely wish I had this level of patience and determination (and also understanding, I'm not really a software guy).

[AtlasBarfed]

I wish there was a law that all hardware vendors had to dump a sufficient amount of documentation if they discontinue a platform such that it can be emulated.

The litmus test can be done by AI code generation in a sandbox during the period they don't have to make it open.

[genxy]

Could be part of the FCC certification process, which everyone has to file.

[contingencies]

It is vastly more likely, historically speaking, for the EU to pass such forward-looking legislation in the public interest.