the retrocomputing topic

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minikiwigeek2 wrote:
-OctoSquid- wrote:
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Nice! Whenever I get a spare USB drive, I want to try booting into FreeDOS on a modern computer, just to see how it runs.
i'm real curious as to whether there's anyone out there who actually unironically uses dos on a daily basis

Does using dosbox count as using dos on a daily basis?

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minikiwigeek2

-OctoSquid- wrote:
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Does using dosbox count as using dos on a daily basis?

i meant using it as a standard operating system, but sure, that's fine too.

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minikiwigeek2 wrote:
-OctoSquid- wrote:
#21
Does using dosbox count as using dos on a daily basis?
i meant using it as a standard operating system, but sure, that's fine too.

Later, just for fun, I might learn how to and make it a fun challenge to spend a day with only dos as an os

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The80sTimeTraveller

-OctoSquid- wrote:
minikiwigeek2 wrote:
-OctoSquid- wrote:
#21
Does using dosbox count as using dos on a daily basis?
i meant using it as a standard operating system, but sure, that's fine too.
Later, just for fun, I might learn how to and make it a fun challenge to spend a day with only dos as an os

Throw in a network card and spend the day browsing gopher sites

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-OctoSquid-

The80sTimeTraveller wrote:
-OctoSquid- wrote:
minikiwigeek2 wrote:
-OctoSquid- wrote:
#21
Does using dosbox count as using dos on a daily basis?
i meant using it as a standard operating system, but sure, that's fine too.
Later, just for fun, I might learn how to and make it a fun challenge to spend a day with only dos as an os
Throw in a network card and spend the day browsing gopher sites

I don't have a real retro computer, so I would probably just use dosbox.

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How old does a computer have to be in order to be considered retro?

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minikiwigeek2

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How old does a computer have to be in order to be considered retro?

depends on the person, but in regards to this topic you're allowed to discuss any computers released after the year 2005.

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Are there any modern games made for dos or have dos ports?

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The80sTimeTraveller

-OctoSquid- wrote:
Are there any modern games made for dos or have dos ports?

Yeah, PETSCII Robots and Planet X3 are some I remember.

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minikiwigeek2

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Are there any modern games made for dos or have dos ports?

yeah, demakes happen on all kinds of consoles and computers. they're usually just for fun, though.

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I am currently working on developing an Intel 8086 emulator, here on Scratch. It is pretty unfinished, but I have some of the basics done, and I have found good documentation.

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ScratchcatandGobo wrote:
I am currently working on developing an Intel 8086 emulator, here on Scratch. It is pretty unfinished, but I have some of the basics done, and I have found good documentation.

We could get Windows to run on Scratch soon

consider posting here maybe?
hey guys

ScratchcatandGobo

INSERT-USER_NAME wrote:
ScratchcatandGobo wrote:
I am currently working on developing an Intel 8086 emulator, here on Scratch. It is pretty unfinished, but I have some of the basics done, and I have found good documentation.
We could get Windows to run on Scratch soon

I actually gave up on that emulator, and started working on something else. HOWEVER, one of the reasons I stopped it was because there was already an i386 emulator on Scratch (i386 is better than 8086). here it is however, you cannot run realtime mode (Windows needs this) on it just yet.

Yeah, but at least we've learned something today… that every moment of our life should be lived to the fullest because it can be very long or very short, my friend. - Gumball
I felt like I wanted to develop games on here, so I won't leave! (for now)
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dynamicsofscratch

ScratchcatandGobo wrote:
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INSERT-USER_NAME wrote:
ScratchcatandGobo wrote:
I am currently working on developing an Intel 8086 emulator, here on Scratch. It is pretty unfinished, but I have some of the basics done, and I have found good documentation.
We could get Windows to run on Scratch soon
I actually gave up on that emulator, and started working on something else. HOWEVER, one of the reasons I stopped it was because there was already an i386 emulator on Scratch (i386 is better than 8086). here it is however, you cannot run realtime mode (Windows needs this) on it just yet.

Can you make an AMD K10 Emulator (using a microprocessor from the architecture like Opteron64)?

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The80sTimeTraveller wrote:
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-OctoSquid- wrote:
Are there any modern games made for dos or have dos ports?
Yeah, PETSCII Robots and Planet X3 are some I remember.

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dynamicsofscratch wrote:
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ScratchcatandGobo wrote:
(#35)
INSERT-USER_NAME wrote:
ScratchcatandGobo wrote:
I am currently working on developing an Intel 8086 emulator, here on Scratch. It is pretty unfinished, but I have some of the basics done, and I have found good documentation.
We could get Windows to run on Scratch soon
I actually gave up on that emulator, and started working on something else. HOWEVER, one of the reasons I stopped it was because there was already an i386 emulator on Scratch (i386 is better than 8086). here it is however, you cannot run realtime mode (Windows needs this) on it just yet.
Can you make an AMD K10 Emulator (using a microprocessor from the architecture like Opteron64)?

I think that would be too big for the scratch code size limits, like that one guy's RISC-V linux emulator

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