> try finding a PC that can run operating systems from 1984 all the way through 1996 Why would this be hard? The x86 CPU boots into 16-bit real mode, the video

> try finding a PC that can run operating systems from 1984 all the way through 1996 Why would this be hard? The x86 CPU boots into 16-bit real mode, the video card emulates the IBM PC text mode, the hard drive supports ISA, and everything else is ignored, right? The PC architecture is notorious for supporting weird old backwards-compatibility stuff.