salarua@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 eraarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-link$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 eraarstechnica.comsalarua@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-square555@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI’ve never had a problem emulating windows 95.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoHave you tried emulating it while interfacing with some ancient ISA card?
minus-square555@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThey sell ISA to USB adapter boards and you can tell the emulator to use the device.
minus-squareZoopZeZoop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI’m sure you’re the first to think of this! You’ll be rich!
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThat will add extra latency from USB. Old programs are not likely to be very tolerant of that.
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoalso most of those USB adapters likely won’t support true hardware switch interrupts, Direct Memory Access, or raw bus control to talk to other cards, which almost every special ISA card actually needs at least one of these to function.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoTell me you’ve never tried it without telling me you’ve never tried it.
I’ve never had a problem emulating windows 95.
Have you tried emulating it while interfacing with some ancient ISA card?
They sell ISA to USB adapter boards and you can tell the emulator to use the device.
I’m sure you’re the first to think of this! You’ll be rich!
Let me Google that for you.
That will add extra latency from USB. Old programs are not likely to be very tolerant of that.
also most of those USB adapters likely won’t support true hardware switch interrupts, Direct Memory Access, or raw bus control to talk to other cards, which almost every special ISA card actually needs at least one of these to function.
Tell me you’ve never tried it without telling me you’ve never tried it.