So, I've been thinking about what to install on the #486DX that I fixed recently, and at first I'd thought I'd go with a period correct #MSDOS but then I reconsidered and had a look (in #86Box) at #FreeDOS, which I knew existed but had never used.

I've been playing around with it in the emulator and I'm convinced I want it. It's just so much fun to be back in DOS land again, but with the nifty additions of FreeDOS (such as a package manager) it feels more modern, in a good way.

I'm playing around with networking now to not have to write stuff to floppies in order to run stuff on the dos machine. FTP to my retro files on the NAS, for example. And now I'm exploring the package repository that is accessible through the network-enabled package manager.

Looking forward to installing this on the actual hardware!

@freedosproject

#RetroComputing

Ich bin so alt
Ich hab meinen ersten PC für eine vierstellige Summe in DM bei Vobis gekauft
486 DX 33 mit 14" Highscreen-Monitor, 4MB Ram, 80MB Festplatte und Soundblaster-Pro sowie einen StarLC24 Nadeldrucker

Hardware konfigurieren noch mit Jumpern für IRQ und hex-Adressen

Huch, Vobis gibts immer noch?

#IchBinSoAlt #Vobis #486DX #HighScreen

Given that I want to target i486 with @OS1337 but don't want to deal with obsolete hardware that is dying of old age, I think it's more fitting to consider a sort-of mainboard to shove some 486SX-SOM with PC/104-Plus on and have the few necessities hooked up to it. Maybe even put it inside a THINN #Pizzabox-style #case?

It would also make a new "bridge" machine to interface old PCI & ISA hardware and allow connecting i.e. a #QuadFlop and roll with that...

https://github.com/OS-1337/tiny486

Thoughts, @rasteri @polpo @TechTangents @lazygamereviews @foone ??

#Tiny486 #embedded #EmbeddedComputing #retro #RetroComputing #Linux #EmbeddedLinux #Development #DevKit #DevelopmentKit #ideas #concepts #Hardware #OpenSource #OpenSourceHardware #Mainboard #i486 #i386 #i487 #486SX #486DX #PCI #ISA #BridgeMachine #Bridge #PC104 #PC104Plus #OS1337

Installed Windows 3.1 on my 486 last night ^^ Dedication to the whole playing retro games in real retro gear! I’m getting Myst installed for my first playthrough and was surprised to find it’s a requirement.

Turns out drivers for video and audio are quite the tricky ones when you need SVGA support on a VESA card and audio from a SB Awe64. Both are required to play the game properly.

I’ll need to find working drivers for my S3 Trio64v2/DX card as well as something that is actually willing to install wave support for the Awe64.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #dos #486dx #windows3x #Streaming #twitch #vtuber #enVTuber