Kevin Karhan Aug 28, 2023

@JohannessNilsson if that's unsarcastic, you're free to help making that happen.

Cuz I'd love to support older hardware.

#i386 support sadly got yeeted out of @linux, propably because maintaining that became too much of a pain in the rear for @torvalds and others, and considering that the only systems that old are most likely just #airgapled #industrial #PC104 setups running #MSDOS, this is reasonable.

Like @rasteri 's #Wee86:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsv-jRiIT8

Mini MSDOS gaming PC - Part 1

Using PC/104 components to build a mini 486 MSDOS gaming PC with NO EMULATION!Part 2 is here - https://youtu.be/6cXdWMOl8QEThanks to Foone for the soundcard ...

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Show threadKevin Karhan Aug 28, 2023

@JohannessNilsson

I mean I'd love to target some #embedded tech like the #WeeCee or #Wee86...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEp4ZUG7BI
So feel free to contribute to OS/1337 if you have some idea to get things shrunk down for #i486 to ≤1440kB…

Cuz at this point it needs to fit #Linux #Kernel, #toybox, #dropbear (or rather #dbclient which is the #SSH-client - only functionality) and #syslinux to boot...

So that one can at least do username + password logins using SSH.
https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337

Building EVEN SMALLER DOS gaming PC! - weeCee Part 1

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@JohannessNilsson personally, I just wanted to beat #Floppinux and actually make something that is more practical than just existing and spitting out text on screen.

OFC long-term I do want to expand this further and make something that is still smaller than #TinyCore yet also practical to run on my #Atom #Z520-powered #VaioP11Z or any of those shitty #StickPC's and #Trash-#Tablets that have a #Z8300 and just 1GB of RAM and that already felt painfully slow on #Windows8 when they got released.

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Show threadKevin Karhan Aug 28, 2023

@JohannessNilsson ...tho any expansion in functionality will be paid for in space.

The current build can't do shit beyond running #dbclient (#dropbear #SSH client) and rebooting/shutting down.

There's no routine to even create a new file with "touch" and I've yet to test it as working...