Jim, I have not tried sound yet on the Zimaboard, but I do not see a specific local sound output on it so I would probably have to try USB speakers (maybe bluetooth? this sounds like a new experiment for me!). The VNC is through an external IP KVM device that acts as the VNC server, so I am sure this will not pass sound that way. As to performance, I have not tried games but every application that I have run on the Zimaboard installation works great! I got into using a Zimaboard because I needed it for Spinrite, which itself runs from a FreeDOS boot USB.
I do have a question, if I may. I had 1.4rc2 installed and just installed 1.4rc3. That went fine, got the network configuration all transferred and working. However, I had also previously installed apps from the 1.4rc2 Bonus CD. Now I am finding that FDIMPLES thinks I have 1.4rc2 BonusCD apps installed, which I actually don't. Is there a way for me to force an installation of the 1.4rc3 Bonus CD apps via FDIMPLES to bring my new installation up to date? ~Bill On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > That's a pretty cool project! I like these small systems that can run > FreeDOS. I have a Pocket'386 which does the job for me, but the > Zimaboard looks very interesting too. > > Since it's running over a network (VNC) I'm curious what the > performance is like for things like games. I'm assuming you don't get > sound from this device, but how well does it play games without sound? > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM Bill Allen via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > Some may remember that I was working on getting a Zimaboard running > > FreeDOS onto the network. That was accomplished, but it seems I could > > not help myself but keep going to see what else I might be able to > > do. Here is a completed little project of putting a networked Zimaboard > > running FreeDOS 1.4rc2 into a headless and remote access configuration > > on my local WiFi network. I never dreamed I could take it this far. > > > > Here is my Zimaboard FreeDOS system! To its right is an outboard PCIe > > card carrier for the NVMe M.2 drive it is booting from. Upper left is a > > mini travel wireless router in client mode. Down and to the left is an > > ADDERLink IP KVM which is giving me keyboard, mouse, and video access > > to it across my local network via its internal VNC server. Currently > > running FreeDOS 1.4rc2 (as shown in the other photo). > > > > This has been a fun project! > > Pictures: > > Zimaboard complete system > > Running FreeDOS 1.4rc2 VNC view > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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