Quick Googling says that most modern x86 chips should be able to run 8086 binaries. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
> And if your post-collapse computer can’t read PDFs or play videos, how much useful preserved information can you really access?
Most websites that don't use JS to load the important content. It's also worth noting that there doesn't seem to be any way to connect normal mass storage devices. It can read from floppies and SD cards. Some people still have floppies, but I would have to imagine there's a lot more useful information laying around on SATA drives.
It doesn't matter if it can read PDFs or play videos if you can't read the storage devices those are on.
Quick Googling says that most modern x86 chips should be able to run 8086 binaries. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
> And if your post-collapse computer can’t read PDFs or play videos, how much useful preserved information can you really access?
Most websites that don't use JS to load the important content. It's also worth noting that there doesn't seem to be any way to connect normal mass storage devices. It can read from floppies and SD cards. Some people still have floppies, but I would have to imagine there's a lot more useful information laying around on SATA drives.
It doesn't matter if it can read PDFs or play videos if you can't read the storage devices those are on.