The Legacy Coder

Bylla Ryqn Amanda FBE
FBE reaches for book

Narration: Deep in the archives of Xavier Media, danger lurks among legacy documentation...
FBE: "Just one more inch... got it!"

Book smacks FBE

SFX: SMACK!
FBE: "SYSTEM FAULT. BOOTLOADER SAD."

Ryqn opens chest

Ryqn: "No wonder you freeze every time someone says 'ActiveSync.'"

Ryqn upgrades to Pi

Ryqn: "Let’s upgrade you with a Pi. Goodbye WinCE, hello Linux!"
FBE (dim voice): "Tell... Windows... I loved her..."

Bylla hears AmigaOS

Bylla: "Did someone say AmigaOS?!"

Bylla holding PDA

Bylla: "This museum piece will boot Workbench if it kills me!"

Installing AmigaOS

Bylla: "Kickstart ROM... check! Floppy disk image... triple check!"
Amanda (off-panel): "You know it doesn’t actually need a floppy drive, right?"

Amanda walks in

Amanda: "You're the only person I know who installs an OS with a soldering iron."
Bylla: "It builds character."

FBE reboots with Tux

FBE: "Now running Debian. Memory: 2GB. Ego: unlimited."

High-five

Ryqn: "Welcome to the modern world. SSH access is passwordless, right?"
FBE: "Only for you, sudo master."

PDA with Amiga

Bylla: "Runs like it’s 1987! Listen to that glorious Paula audio chip emulation."
Amanda: "You have weird hobbies."

Group shot

Narration: In a world of updates and upgrades, sometimes the legacy lives on...

Guru Meditation

FBE: "Bylla, your OS just had a nervous breakdown."
Bylla: "That’s how you know it’s authentic."

Next Time on The Xavier Media Comic:

The Atlantians contact the gang to get help upgrading an old FTP account with login "anonymous" hosted on a Commodore 64... to SFTP.

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