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-up1132arrow-down112cross-posted to: retrogaming@lemmy.world
arrow-up1120arrow-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-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: retrogaming@lemmy.world
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months agoHave you tried emulating it while interfacing with some ancient ISA card?
minus-square555@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·5 months agoThey sell ISA to USB adapter boards and you can tell the emulator to use the device.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoTell me you’ve never tried it without telling me you’ve never tried it.
minus-squareZoopZeZoop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoI’m sure you’re the first to think of this! You’ll be rich!
minus-square555@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·5 months agoLet me Google that for you.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoThat will add extra latency from USB. Old programs are not likely to be very tolerant of that.
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 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.
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.