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what's the rationale for x86? To run vintage software? I would love an eink laptop like this but with ARM, modern ports and linux
by fnord77 2y ago
what's the rationale for x86? To run vintage software?
I would love an eink laptop like this but with ARM, modern ports and linux
- 6SixTy 2y agoThen search for Raspberry Pi laptop cases and go for the one that can hold your choice of eink display + driver?
- int_19h 2y agoIt does seem a bit strange given the overall focus on power consumption and battery life. Surely emulation is a very heavy tax on the hardware? Imagine what it could do with software running natively.
- 6SixTy 2y agoWell, the creator chose to use a regular ESP32, which is Xtensa based, and is poorly suited for this type of application. It's really weird anyways because the ESP32 fairly old nor as useful as something like the C6 which on paper could run Linux but without floating point.
- fsiefken 2y agoI think because the PCEmulator on the low power esm32 chip supports DOS and ELKS is just as limited and there is much less software for it. As an alternative to DOS in the PCemulator that's running you could use FreeDOS or a port of Linux. https://github.com/ESP32DE/Boot-Linux-ESP32S3-Playground https://github.com/ESP32DE/Boot-Linux-ESP32S3-Playground https://youtu.be/pj0a91vlcGo https://youtu.be/pj0a91vlcGo While DOS is limited, you could port your most used tools or software to DOS or port them, there's a vim and emacs port, you can play interactive fiction, read e-books, program in Turbo Pascal 5.5/7.0, Turbo C / Borland C++ (1.x - 3.1), use hypertext, sqlite, markdown, perhaps use long filenames with FreeDOS or Calmira for windows 3.0?
- Gormo 2y ago> what's the rationale for x86? To run vintage software? Sounds reasonable. In an off-grid situation, best to stick with software written before the mid-2000s.