salarua@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 eraarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down112cross-posted to: retrogaming@lemmy.world
arrow-up1122arrow-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 · 1 年前message-square25linkfedilinkcross-posted to: retrogaming@lemmy.world
minus-square555@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·1 年前I’ve never had a problem emulating windows 95.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 年前Have you tried emulating it while interfacing with some ancient ISA card?
minus-square555@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 年前They sell ISA to USB adapter boards and you can tell the emulator to use the device.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 年前Tell me you’ve never tried it without telling me you’ve never tried it.
minus-squareZoopZeZoop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 年前I’m sure you’re the first to think of this! You’ll be rich!
minus-square555@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 年前Let me Google that for you.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 年前That will add extra latency from USB. Old programs are not likely to be very tolerant of that.
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 年前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.
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.
Tell me you’ve never tried it without telling me you’ve never tried it.
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.