# How far back in time could you go and have your tech reverse engineered? (or at least spur innovation)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 12, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-in-time-could-you-go-and-have-your-tech-reverse-engineered-or-at-least-spur-innovation/964321 "2022-05-12T10:39:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-in-time-could-you-go-and-have-your-tech-reverse-engineered-or-at-least-spur-innovation/964321/21 "2022-05-12T16:21:07Z")

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Here are links to two similar threads:

Could the 1980s reverse engineer a modern iphone? [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-1980s-reverse-engineer-a-modern-iphone/775816](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-1980s-reverse-engineer-a-modern-iphone/775816)

Could the people of 1983 connect to my Macbook Pro? [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-people-of-1983-connect-to-my-macbook-pro/438039](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-people-of-1983-connect-to-my-macbook-pro/438039)

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