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It should be relatively easy to get Linux running on it, especially in text mode. But why would you do that? Wouldn’t a raspberry be a better option for that?
by gattilorenz 4y ago
It should be relatively easy to get Linux running on it, especially in text mode. But why would you do that? Wouldn’t a raspberry be a better option for that?
- snvzz 4y agoAgain, >I'd like to have a grasp of what sort of compatibility this relatively unknown cpu has. I do not plan to run Linux on this. But I might want to run MenuetOS[0], KolibriOS[1], Aros[2], ZealOS[3], to give you some examples. 0. https://www.menuetos.net/ https://www.menuetos.net/ 1. https://kolibrios.org/en/ https://kolibrios.org/en/ 2. https://aros.sourceforge.io/ https://aros.sourceforge.io/ 3. https://zealos.net/ https://zealos.net/
- gattilorenz 4y agoI assume the main challenge for these others is drivers. Linux does run on it, but apparently only few selected distributions: https://www.vortex86.com/news/2 https://www.vortex86.com/news/2
- snvzz 4y agoIf drivers are an issue on Linux, I'd expect them to be an issue in DOS, too. DOS programs (incl. games) do like to hit the hardware directly after all.
- gattilorenz 4y agoI don’t think I understand your point. I thought that DOS mostly relies on the BIOS to initialize and access hardware (keyboard, video, disks), no drivers needed there. Games access the hardware directly, but they mostly only use VGA registers that any graphic card handles (plus audio, but that’s similar given the SB emulation). On the other hand, Linux needs more hardware and relies much less on the BIOS. The kernel won’t be able to access e.g. the hard drive if it can’t speak to/initialize the IDE controller directly, something neither DOS nor any game needs to do. Or did I misunderstand something?