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Among old CPUs, the 6809 never got as much attention ... Now [Dave] has reconstructed that computer on breadboards and it looks great. The files are on GitHub and there is even a series of videos ...

Hence, it looks like users running such old processors would no longer be ... the Setup file apparently throws up a message that says "This PC's processor doesn't support a critical feature ...

When testing this way, you might find Linux runs so well on that spare computer that you'll leave it installed and use it instead of that old Windows 10 computer. After using Linux on that spare ...