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Originally Posted by Zed 2.0
Collector cars are going to be *very* different in 20 years. Once the electronic bits for cars made now go out of production, it's going to be a complete headache to own an older car. Can you imagine trying to source all the various circuitry in our cars?
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Not so sure that's true. I don't know of a code techologhy based product that can not be reurrected if there is a market or a desire. New game variations are being created by a close knit group of Pong fanatics. Pong released in 1977. Apple IIe's can still be programmed. Introduced in the late 70's. The ill fated Apple Lisa can still be run and has emulators allowing it to run current software.
Card reader IBM 360 model @20's can be programmed and run using cobal, RPG and other abandoned programming languages.
Granted the approach and process for collecting and operating a collectible may change - but like adapting one today to unleaded and increased ethanol fuels.
Where there is a will, a market and money - there is a way.
Now off to play my guitar on a vacuum based technology amplifier.