Installing #FreeDOS 1.4 RC3 from floppies 
I read that it fixes a lot of bugs! 
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The board was cleaned, let's check and fix some traces…
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I was a twenty-year-old college #dropout who had lucked into the job after the department’s director noticed that his temporary secretary (me) was way better at automating repetitive tasks in #Microsoft Office than typing up memos.
So he hired me outright (neglecting to increase my administrative-assistant-level wage 
) and set me loose helping the engineers with their Sun #Unix workstations and #Intel #i486-based PCs running #Windows for Workgroups. (2/6)
Someone asked me in regards to OS/1337 "why don't you just use mkroot from @landley ?"
https://landley.net/toybox/downloads/binaries/mkroot/latest/
And that is a valid question.
To sum it up:
1. #mkroot for #i486 requires 3MiB of storage and thus is not an option for the 1440kB target size of the current, minimalist system.
2. shure I could instead make a #Syslinux #bootFloppy but that feels like cheating...
3. In the end the idea of OS/1337 is to build a #TUI-based #Desktop that can be built to run on everything.
landley.netIndex of /toybox/downloads/binaries/mkroot/latest
OS/1337 development goes on...
Tho I'm a bit stuck on the boot pipeline...
Anyone any idea why?
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os1337.comOS/1337
Nothing like a little computer contraband to start one’s day…
It’s a 486 Computer, On a Breadboard
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/18/its-a-486-computer-on-a-breadboard/
#Retrocomputing #breadboard #80486 #i486 #486
HackadayIt’s A 486 Computer, On A BreadboardEver since the 1970s, a frequent project has been to take a microprocessor and construct a computer system on a breadboard or stripboard. Usually these machines feature a familiar 8-bit processor s…
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Oof! Looks like the #Linux kernel may drop official support for the #i486 #CPU. 
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-i486-Linux-Possible-Drop
www.phoronix.comThe Linux Kernel May Finally Phase Out Intel i486 CPU Support
Just a quick reminder, I have a GNU/Linux distribution called "PsychOS" for running on older hardware (i686) and will hopefully soon release "PsychOS486" for those with even older hardware (i486DX/i586/i686), as long as you have 32MB of RAM for a console and 64MB for a GUI desktop, but 128MB would be much better. https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io #GNU #Linux #FOSS #PsychOS #i486 #i586 #i686 #32bit
psychoslinux.gitlab.ioPsychOS - HomeThe PsychOS project aims to provide multiple, unique, software-rich platforms for lighter/older hardware.