@polpo Same, but I guess you'd not have started the #PicoGUS project (nor would've @rasteri done the #Wee86 & #WeeCee) if that was always the option.

• Personally I want to run @OS1337 on real hardware but a real #i486SX is a pain to acquire and setup, so I'm looking at some #PCI104Plus-based idea to get that going and have a #Bridging / #Archival machine that I can chug in a #QuadFlop!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjNBPHjUSHE

@polpo nifty…

Granted, I do like the #PicoGUS because unlike the #Wee86 / #WeeCee by @rasteri it doesn't rely on new old stock of #CS4237B / #CS4237 sound chips, making it a more longerm-sustainable option…

• And having alternate options is important!

@freedosproject Granted, @rasteri didn't sell the #WeeCee nor #Wee86, but #PixelX86 do...

• video via @lazygamereviews / #LGR.

Personally, I'm looking forward to something like a #tiny486 as testing platform for @OS1337 which per design is aimed at being the closest to a new #i486SX system without the bulkyness of a real one.

• Also a lot of #legacy stuff still needs #ISA slots and that certainly can't be transitioned gracefully AFAICT, so a #fanless #DTX - form factor - ready system would be desireable.
  • Like @TechTangents and others that may need to #archive and #backup old 8" FDDs with a #QuadFlop...

@kkarhan
Thanks!

I wanted to buy a #WeeCee at the time, but it was too much $$

But I bought a #Pocket386 when that came out, and it's great with FreeDOS! VGA output connected to my desktop monitor, I only needed to buy a PS/2 keyboard (I lost my old one several moves ago.)

Personally I think @freedosproject is a really good option and still is after Microsoft #OpenSource'd #MSDOS 4.0 under a permissive (#MIT) license.

• Espechally when it comes to a lot of #legacy applications.
  • Maybe someday someone is gonna do a #DOSmini thing like the #Wee86 / #WeeCee and ship it with #FreeDOS preinstalled, cuz AFAICT that should be an even better option than MS-DOS given proper support for like #FAT32 and #Networking…

@slaine np. Contributions & Feedback welcome.

• But basically the Idea of the #tiny486 is similar to the #NuXT¹, #ITXllama², #Wee86³ / #WeeCee⁴ & #PixelX86⁵...

@wyatt not really.

@rasteri didn't pay thousands for his #WeeCee either...

And yes, this is inspired by @rasteri 's #Wee86 #WeeCee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEp4ZUG7BI

See the Project: https://github.com/OS-1337/tiny486 @OS1337