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:'' '''This article is dedicated to operating systems/& home computers that have been discontinued.''' ''
:''See also [[History of emulation]] page.''
:''For software that runs these systems on other hardware see [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]], [[Macintosh line|Macintosh emulators]], [[Commodore 64 emulators]] and , [[MSX emulators]], [[Cellphone_emulators#Microsoft|Windows Phone/Mobile emulators]], [[Windows CE|Windows CE emulators]], [[FM Towns emulators]], [[Atari ST emulators]].
In this article "'''Legacy systems'''" means unsupported by manufacturer, whether it is a 80's /developer. This includes home computers (such as '''[[#Commodore 64|Commodore 64]] or an '''), operating system/systems and series of operating systems no longer getting updates receiving support (such as Microsoftthe '''s [[#Windows 9x|Windows 9x]] ''' series of operating systems).
The reason to discontinuing these products varies, in . In the case of home computers outdated hardware is normally the reason support ceasesends is due to the outdated hardware and lack of foreseeable money from supporting it. For operating systems it varies from lack of profit/lack of commercial success (such as '''[[#BeOS|BeOS]]''', '''[[#OS/2|OS/2]]''') to devices it was designed for becoming outdated or failing themselves (such as '''[[#BlackBerry|BlackBerry OS]]''').
;Before diving in;
*'''Note that many of these emulators are forks of other emulation projects, as such these versions may be marked as inactive while the main version is still active.'''
*'''If you have one of these systems (preferably on date-accurate hardware) please consider contributing to the this article by marking emulators with good speed and good compatibility as recommended.'''
*'''Some of the emulators listed have the same name/similar names to each-other for the same platform, normally due to one being based of another or being off the same project.'''
*'''Many of the download links here link to the [https://archive.org Internet Archive] due to many of the original hosts of the files going offline.'''
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