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quickthrower2
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We Made Amiga, They Fucked It Up (2015)
Well it has one advantage, it's a privacy focused computer disconnected from the wild internet and probably less likely to be back doored. I'd be happier using it a a crypto wallet or for personal finance spreadsheets than a modern PC.
cturner
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Machines of that era were vulnerable to malware because they had no memory protection. The main vector is the floppy drive, rather than the network.
Annatar
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The modern virus killer as you know it today on Microsoft®️ Windows™️ was invented on the Amiga. As was the modern computer virus, for that matter.
throwaway2048
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I don't think you'd be doing many cryptography operations on a CPU that brutally slow.
quickthrower2
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Should be ok for a cold wallet?
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