nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoFiraxis preserves the 33-year-old, $10,000 386 PC Sid Meier used to develop Civilization – and it still workswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down12
arrow-up1351arrow-down1external-linkFiraxis preserves the 33-year-old, $10,000 386 PC Sid Meier used to develop Civilization – and it still workswww.techspot.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareBowtiesAreCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months agoBig one would be capacitors. They don’t last forever and with time with work less efficiently, or not at all. They can leak and corrode the board.
minus-squareYerbaYerba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoTin whiskers could be a potential issue as well.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoBut more likely to dry up/leak if you use the thing for 20 years than if you don’t, because of heat.
Big one would be capacitors. They don’t last forever and with time with work less efficiently, or not at all. They can leak and corrode the board.
Tin whiskers could be a potential issue as well.
But more likely to dry up/leak if you use the thing for 20 years than if you don’t, because of heat.