Not a bit. Just last week we had to arrange for a BIOS-level serial port on a computer one of our devs was using. Our usual USB-to-Serial adapter was inapplicable, since the BIOS didn't have support for USB at that level. Wound up purchasing a PCI plug-in card with a 9-pin connector. A wave of nostalgia washed over us all...
Sometimes it can get really difficult.
Technology takes off and leaves me in the dust.
My CD books are useless in my new car because it does not have a CD player.
I hate that. :(
I used to build computers for a major manufacturer and learned that the chipset for WIN98 was obsolete.
Our company programs all worked on that platform.
I searched high and low to get those MB’s. I had 6 waiting by the time I left. I also bought all of the HD’s that match.
I copied each HD drive on the floor, maybe 6 stations. That transfer box was about 900 bucks.
HD failure on the floor had me down to about 2 hrs.
Good Times! :^)