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yogurtwrong@yogurtwrong@lemmy.world
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What is something that's crazier than the wildest dreams of any ~1970s nerd, but exists today? I'll start with an easy one:

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bridgeenjoyer@bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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Vr is pretty damn cool IMO, also emulation.

The fact almost any computer after 2010 ish can basically play every single game made for every console ever up to probably ps1/ps2, is insane.

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sudoku@sudoku@programming.dev
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I’d imagine someone living in the 70s during the insanely fast computer power progress would have no problem believing that a newer system could emulate older system’s code… Wouldn’t be surprised that it was already happening back then.

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forbiddencherry@forbiddencherry@lemmy.today
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Yep, for example, emulation was being used at IBM in the late 60’s (and a descendant of it is still in use today, called z/VM): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/CMS

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