Comment on Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0

Droechai@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Thorry84@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dosbox runs just fine on a Raspberry Pi or similar

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• MudMan@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I'm all for that idea, but I don't think what's holding it back is the OS. It's not like there aren't ways to get there now, they're just... relatively rare and quite expensive.

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  • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t understand the “relatively rare and quite expensive” part, can you explain that?

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    • MudMan@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, you're pointing people at the Hand 386 below. You clearly know what I'm talking about.

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      • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You can buy a used thin client on eBay for $40 that will do the job so no, I DONT understand what you’re talking about.

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• Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  i would love to have a gaming board for a small Commander Keen cabinet with ultra low power reqs

  Huh? You can already get a DOS capable gaming board that uses less power than the display would. If nothing else for $200USD you can get a “Hand 386”, yoink it out of it’s case and put it in the cabinet of your choice.

  There’s lots of low power options out there for you! You can start your dream project NOW…there’s no need to wait!

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  • Droechai@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    200 USD is more than 140 USD more than the consoles that has the soc I was talking about, of course if budget is no constraint I could start all projects I got in my want part of my brain

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    • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I added an edit that brought the cost down to $80. If can deal with 16W of power draw then there’s a variety of old Thin Client for sale on Ebay that can be had for $40!

      At that point the materials to build the cabinet would cost more than the computer running it. Get busy!

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      • Droechai@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thank you for the tip on thin client, will definitely check them out!

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