Why can’t new hardware simply run old software?

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I downloaded an old PC game onto my laptop and had to use DOS Box to run it, because Windows 11 wouldn’t allow a 16-bit application to run.

Why is it that a much more powerful laptop can’t deal with software my PC had no problems with 20 years ago? Same thing with backwards-compatible video games.

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Those old 16 bit DOS PCs didn’t run 8 bit software from CP/M either… those bastards, just to make us buy new stuff.

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