Bonus points if #32bit / #x86 supported (*looks angry at @[email protected]) and well-supported!
Small but important change in CORTEX LABS: I shrink the bootloader and mouse_driver so now both fits in the boot-sector (512 bytes)! Game is dos/bare-metal agnostic.
Rolling updates mean that everyone running MX Linux will get this minor version automatically
Thank you for the heads-up!
🦋💙❤️💋#Lobi 💙💕🌹💐💙🦋
I wonder why #Intel didn't go for the same “32-bit virtual address, 24-bit physical address” design as the #m68k when they designed the 286.
Perhaps because it took fewer transistors than just extending the #x86 memory segmentation thing to 30/24 bits?
They did eventually do 68000-style 32/24 with the 386SX, but that was 3 years *after* the fully-32-bit 386DX came out. 😵💫
ODROID-H5 – A $250 Intel Core i3-N300 SBC with 10GbE networking, four M.2 PCIe slots
Hardkernel ODROID-H5 is an affordable Intel Core i3-N300 octa-core Alder Lake-N SBC providing a 10GbE RJ45 networking jack, and four M.2 PCIe slots for storage, wired/wireless networking, or AI accelerator expansion. It relies on the same SoC as in the earlier ODROID-H4 Ultra SBC, but trades a single PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 slot and four SATA ports for four M.2 slots, and upgrades from dual 2.5GbE to single 10GbE. It still features four USB ports, but only one USB 3.0 port, and three USB 2.0 ports. ODROID-H5 specifications: SoC- Intel Core i3-N300 CPU - Octa-core "Alder Lake-N" processor @ up to 3.8 GHz (Turbo single-core) or 2.3 GHz (Turbo multi-core) with 6MB cache GPU - 32EU Intel UHD Graphics @ 1.25 GHz TDP: 7W System Memory – Up to 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz SO-DIMM memory Storage Up to 4x 2280 NVMe SSDs via M.2 slots (See Expansion section) eMMC flash
Last time I checked there were few resources on CP/M-86 Assembly programming, not so much on x86 instructions but on the system itself and its access from Assembly. So I've bookmarked these manuals I've come across which I missed in the past or were posted recently.
https://dn790000.ca.archive.org/0/items/cp-m-86-programmer-guide/CP%3AM-86ProgrammerGuide_text.pdf
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/nec/APC/NEC_APC_CPM86_Programmers_Guide_Aug83.pdf
Ubuntu Core 26 targets IoT devices and embedded systems, offers up to 15 years of security maintenance
Canonical has just introduced Ubuntu Core 26, based on the recently-released Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and designed for IoT devices and embedded systems, with precise Linux builds, optimized OTA updates, live kernel patching, and enhanced hardware-backed protection for mission-critical deployments. Offered with up to 15 years of security maintenance, Ubuntu Core 26 minimal, immutable operating system enables reduced installation times, 90% smaller OTA updates, and precision-led builds via Chisel. Every component is a containerized snap, just like in prior Ubuntu Core releases. Canonical says it can help companies meet requirements for the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) with securely designed and private AI deployments relying on hardware-based trust. Ubuntu Core 26 highlights: Faster snap installation and updates - An improved snap-delta format reduces update sizes between 50% and 90% for most snaps. For instance, updates to the Core base snaps dropped from 16MB to 1.5MB in size. This lowers data usage
This is a beta preview of the May 2026 update to 86Box, bringing in the obligatory bugfixes, some performance improvements, user interface updates and lots of new hardware.
Important note: The ROM set for this beta release is not displayed on the roms GitHub page. Download it through this link.
Main features
After the floppy drive sounds feature in v5.2, the same contributor now brings in hard disk sounds, configurable through the hard disk settings separately from the existing model presets. Recordings from three 3600 RPM disk models are currently available, with more to come in the future.
The long-awaited local switch allows for networking multiple 86Box machines running on the same host computer and across multiple hosts on the same real network, automatically and across platforms, unlike previous solutions such as VDE which required manual configuration and left Windows users in the dark. Multiple networks can be created and isolated by passwords, and more technically-inclined users can connect other emulators to the switch; see the documentation for more information.
Serial and parallel connectivity also saw many updates. On the parallel side, printers are now configurable, new sound devices join the existing DACs, and the new Named Pipe device can connect machines together with a LapLink cable or the rare DirectParallel cable for high-speed Windows Direct Cable Connection. On the serial side, the passthrough feature has evolved into serial devices bringing many improvements: Named Pipe (now supported on Linux and macOS) has an automatic client/server mode, Serial Passthrough no longer requires setting the host port’s baud rate separately, and Virtual Console (now supported on Windows) can automatically connect a terminal to the emulated port.
SCSI tape drives are now emulated, in case you’re emulating a retro server and want to make period-accurate backups. Tape drives for the floppy interface, which were more common in the consumer space, are planned for the future.
Many updates have been made to the user interface, starting with some updated icons, including a more colorful logo. New toolbar buttons allow for fast forwarding emulation (running as fast as your host system can handle) and quickly taking a screenshot to file or clipboard. The Settings window was starting to become overwhelming with the sheer amount of options available, so it now has tabs on most pages; most of the options you know are still there, just organized into tabs, and some no longer require a hard reset to be applied. All device selectors now have search, activated by clicking the X button and typing a search query. The Preferences window now has pages like the Settings window.
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