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   by oso2k 5y ago

   I do that often myself. If you've written the command before, there's also vi mode for bash history, OR, even bash-completion package for some OSes that can give arguments for simpler commands. However, I see a couple minor limi
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   by oso2k 5y ago

   dmenu is great for a graphical environment. At the prompt, I've found some success with slmenu [0]. It's a dmenu clone for the command line. It works well enough that a dmenu script for a todo app works with very little changes
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   by oso2k 5y ago

   For those interested in building this repo, TKChia has a repo with changes for building the repo with MASM 5.1A or JWASM. https://github.com/tkchia/GW-BASIC
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   by oso2k 5y ago

   There’s a couple attempts at running 64-bit in DOS. It usually has no benefits for old code and very little new 64-bit is being written and there are no libraries for common compilers. https://github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel&
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   by oso2k 5y ago

   gcc-ia16 and OpenWatcom are both modern compilers that generate as good a set of code as any compiler ever did for Pentium and older processors. But using a higher level language like C means there’s more than one compiler that can compile
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   by oso2k 5y ago

   I have a lot of respect for Walter Bright. And I agree, he's typically not boastful without good evidence. Walter is also very accomplished. However, DigitalMars compilers on DOS haven't been popular in a very long time. And i
7. 157.▲
   by oso2k 5y ago

   TK Chia and others have been working on adding DOS C/C++ compiler-isms to GCC as well as improving the the codegen to make it more hospitable for DOS apps. So far, the FreeDOS kernel compilable by gcc-ia16. https://github.c
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   by oso2k 5y ago

   Deming said...“In God we trust; all others must bring data”. Sagan said..."extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence".
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   by oso2k 5y ago

   Yeah....sadly WiFi driver development fell behind in *BSD about 8 or 10 years ago. It made firewalls like pfSense and SmallWall less useful if you wanted an all-in-one network solution. You had to start to moving WiFi to APs from various
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    NASM follows Intel style though it deviated from MASM and TASM for certain things. I think you meant GAS & AT&T style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_assembly_language#Syntax
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    Also, you want a fast FPU to do openssl work [0]. A standard 8088/8086 without an FPU is going to need an FPU emulator which is a slow process. You essentially have to throw an illegal instruction exception each time you want to exec
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    Fabrice Bellard released an OpenGL 1.x/2.x software renderer 20 years ago [0]. There seems to others who have taken to updating it more recently [1][2]. It is direct mode or immediate mode but this is how we used to do graphics more
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    What is ROS in this context?
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    I think OP’s sentiment was right. I vividly recall seeing at Christmas time at a Toys R Us dozens and dozens of Saturn boxes next to handful of Dreamcast boxes, next to 2 N64 boxes. And I remember talking to the cashier and them complaini
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    Another great set of JIT introductions are A Basic Just-In-Time Compiler https://nullprogram.com/blog/2015/03/19/ A JIT Compiler Skirmish with SELinux https://nullprogram.com/blog/20
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    I use my 2011 Mac Mini with 16GB. Been running it that way nearly since the day I bought it. It’s on its 3rd HD, a 120GB SSD. Wikipedia article mentioned it would work with 16GB so I upgraded it as soon as I could.
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    You know what, I had Backblaze tell me that I had a drive missing on Friday that had been disconnected for 14 days. My external USB drive failed to startup up correctly after a power outage. However, I had 3 or 4 notices from Backblaze in
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    Yes, 386 and 486. MIPS CPUs are more common.
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    386, 486 embedded chips were widely produced as SOCs but they’re embedded in places you probably wouldn’t look for them. Which is why they’re SOCs. :) 586 and semi 686 compatibles are still available in certain quantities. Today, a Pi0W c
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    ISA boards (main, backplane and/or add-on) are relatively simple to design and interface. Not having to worry about north bridge and south bridge chips, PnP, PCI, AGP, VLB, EISA, MCA, etc. makes designs simpler. Many of the period co
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    But you could do a bit more. Here’s a DOS golf game that did. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hMPb1UlSRpY
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    Do your research. There’s tons of “Best places to work” lists out there. Glassdoor and LinkedIn. Probe your network of friends, acquaintances, friends of friends. I work for Red Hat in Presales. Formerly of Red Hat Consulting for 4.5 ye
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    Not quite true. DOS programs were not automatically given all memory. DOS programs needed to allocate various memories (Conventional, EMS, XMS memory) via API specific to each type. DOS programs running under Windows 95 and later were pr
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    The reason you feel RPi4B aren’t performing is because it’s running software written using 2010s and 2020s software standards, languages and runtimes. Before 2000, many many commercial games and software were written using “classical” C&#x2
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    Another older terminal JS library that might interest people is https://www.masswerk.at/termlib/
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    This would be so awesome in ISA or PCI form factor
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    IIRC, at the time, building on DOS w/djgpp was fully supported since leJOS is designed to be fairly OS independent. There's not much room for an OS in the Lego Mindstorms MCU. You can think of it a bit like how people today buil
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    There were several very small implementation of JVM over the years. One semi-popular one was leJOS for Legos Mindstorms. At one point, I recall even building it for DOS to test some things. https://lejos.sourceforge.io/
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    Knowing a preemptive shortcut is also "working hard". 1) Knowing when to apply previous experience is a skill that requires work and practice. 2) Someone else knowing a shortcut that I don't know means they worked hard when I
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    by oso2k 5y ago

    And used to be under 10 MB. https://groups.google.com/g/v8-users/c/OaC4TQQjxFg