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Hey! I found this old laptop for $500. Do you think I should buy it? Can I run Linux? Arch obviously.
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this might unironically run linux depending on the specs
On a Z80?
Hey, if you can do it on a 4004.....
(Yes yes, you'd have to write an x86 emulator and it'd be slow as heck but I mean, you could.)
Unironically, of course.