There seems to be a resurgence of 8088/ISA compatible homebrew computers and designs. Besides NuXT[0], the original Sergey Kiseliev Designs [1][2][3][4][5][6], we now have EMM's designs [7][8][9][10][11][12][13], some ISA ethernet cards [14][15], some sound cards [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24], and a VGA card [25]. Would be interesting if they could be shrunk down a bit. Otherwise, a Raspberry Pi Zero W or Zero 2 W is far easier to sneak into a small case.
[0] https://monotech.fwscart.com/NuXT_v20_MicroATX_Turbo_XT_10MHz_832K_XTIDE_MultiIO_SVGA/p6083514_19777986.aspx [1] http://www.malinov.com/Home/sergeys-projects/sergey-s-xt [2] https://github.com/skiselev/micro_8088 [3] https://github.com/skiselev/isa8_backplane [4] http://www.malinov.com/Home/sergeys-projects/isa-supervga [5] http://www.malinov.com/Home/sergeys-projects/isa-opl2-card [6] http://www.malinov.com/Home/sergeys-projects/isa-fdc-and-uart [7] https://www.youtube.com/user/elijahmmiller/videos [8] https://www.homebrew8088.com/ [9] https://www.homebrew8088.com/home/archived-pages/v40-motherboard-project [10] https://www.homebrew8088.com/home/archived-pages/8088-pc-compatible [11] https://www.homebrew8088.com/home/archived-pages/8088-mother-board-project [12] https://www.homebrew8088.com/home/archived-pages/isa-card-lcd-screen [13] https://www.homebrew8088.com/home/archived-pages/raspberry-pi [14] https://github.com/Manawyrm/ISA8019 [15] https://github.com/skiselev/isa8_eth [16] https://github.com/hkzlab/ES688_ISA8 [17] https://github.com/hkzlab/ES1868_ISA8 [18] https://github.com/spark2k06/Internal_ISAOPL3 [19] https://www.excelvalley.com/product/opl3plt-synth/ [20] https://github.com/zjuyzj/OPL2LPT-Replica [21] https://github.com/yeokm1/pcb-covox [22] https://github.com/schlae/snark-barker [23] https://github.com/labs-lv/blasterboard [24] https://github.com/schlae/graphics-gremlin [25] https://github.com/Leshak-pcb/Pine-CL-GD5434 On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 12:14 AM Frantisek Rysanek < frantisek.rysa...@post.cz> wrote: > FreeDOS embedded in the BIOS is certainly a nice touch. > Then again, the one thing that speaks in favour of the weeCee is the > SB-Pro-compatible audio chip. Unique to the weeCee, of all the > Vortex-based machines out there. > > The Vortex86DX in particular is a "sweet spot" for old-school legacy > DOS gaming - that Vortex generation still has native full-fledged ISA > bus, can be underclocked below "an equivalent of Pentium 200 MHz" > (which is more like 400 Vortex MHz), while at the same time already > having an FPU. And the onboard XGI Z9s with 32 MB of dedicated VRAM > is also nice (including its VESA option ROM). > > In other misc hardware, the Vortex86DX has one other potential > advantage in the way of "legacy compatibility": the AMI BIOS from > ICOP still has configurable options related to ISA IOMEM windows (no > particular use for that in the weeCee). On the more modern Vortex > generations, this is fading away. > > Frank > > > On 28 Nov 2021 at 20:00, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > > > Dennis, thank you for sharing. First of all, if you'd like to get a > > Vortex86 CPU-based PC, better to get those which are supported by the > > opensource coreboot BIOS, instead of the proprietary closed-source > > BIOS. This way, with the help of coreboot's SeaBIOS payload, you'll be > > able to - using a simple "cbfstool" command - add a floppy image of > > FreeDOS / whatever other floppy OS - to the coreboot.rom BIOS image, > > flash it into a BIOS chip, and have a FreeDOS permanently available as > > a boot entry! (being able to run it directly from a BIOS chip). If > > you're interested, ask questions & I could reply with more info :-) > > > > , 27 . 2021 . 18:37, dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/weeCee___Tiny_DOS_Gaming_PC.html > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USHvvSbYmJA > > > -- > > > ______ > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Freedos-user mailing list > > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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