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Hah I love this. It's a quaint blend of modern and old DJGPP and Allegro really gave DOS powers it didn't have Good times but I certainly enjoy the convenienc
by raverbashing 4y ago
Hah I love this. It's a quaint blend of modern and old
DJGPP and Allegro really gave DOS powers it didn't have
Good times but I certainly enjoy the convenience of modern OSs
- anthk 4y agoNow Win 3.11 can be run on a GIT built FreeDOS. If anyone wrote some Win 3.11 replacement for DOS by reusing some Wine code, (and Calmira Desktop on top) it would be great for legacy 386 machines.
- pshirshov 4y agoIt's not like we have _that_ many 386 machines. Like 80% of the mobos around got some traces damaged because of battery leaks. Capacitors in ancient AT power supplies explode out of blue, etc, etc.
- HeckFeck 4y agoPerhaps someday soon with FPGAs we will have any CPU we want, whenever we want. Could have fun there.
- pshirshov 4y agoIt's not just about CPUs, but also about peripherals and multiple quirks. I wonder who might have enough resources to re-implement a dos-era machine with modern components without any potential commercial applications. Simpler projects (e.g. Commanderx16) weren't successful so far.
- zozbot234 4y agoThese machines exist, they're common in industrial applications and also used by retro gamers. They're basically a i586-based PC in modern SoC form. Of course if you want to run literally anything that's more modern and not specific to old x86, current hardware is way better.