DOS ain't dead

Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 27.10.2010, 23:13

> > It is stil worth to try some mobo for AMD processors.
>
> I'm living in intel world :) I don't have access to any new AMD machine.
> But I very doubt if they care about legacy stuffs more than intel. Anyway I
> think that within few years new PC will become PC 100% incompatible and DOS
> will not run anymore...

Yeah, some people already want EFI to take over instead of the BIOS. At least one manufacturer is pushing that. I don't know, modern cpus are a mess.

However, somebody could (in theory) make a 486 clone (hopefully smaller and energy efficient, maybe even handheld a la PoqetPC) since 1989 -> 2010 means the patents have expired. Stick a classic SB in there, SVGA, and it should be good to go, at least for us "old timers". Though I imagine it might be easier to just use GP2X's successor (Wiz?), assuming they have a suitable emulator (not unlikely since DosPad for jailbroken iPod exists).

Complete thread:

• Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - kithylin, 08.09.2010, 01:41 (Users)
  • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - Laaca, 08.09.2010, 10:09
    • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - kithylin, 08.09.2010, 17:02
      • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - bretjohn, 08.09.2010, 18:06
  • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - RayeR, 09.09.2010, 01:01
    • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - kithylin, 09.09.2010, 06:43
      • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - Laaca, 09.09.2010, 07:38
        • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - kithylin, 09.09.2010, 07:57
          • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - Japheth, 09.09.2010, 08:18
            • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - marcov, 10.09.2010, 09:27
      • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - RayeR, 09.09.2010, 10:23
  • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - Arjay, 09.09.2010, 19:03
    • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - kithylin, 09.09.2010, 20:52
      • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - Rugxulo, 09.09.2010, 21:27
        • Sound card for - DOS386, 11.09.2010, 01:36
          • Sound card for - ecm, 11.09.2010, 02:07
            • Sound card for | native hardware access - DOS386, 12.09.2010, 03:05
              • Sound card for | native hardware access - kithylin, 12.09.2010, 17:35
                • Sound card for | native hardware access - Laaca, 12.09.2010, 18:19
                  • Mpxplay - Rugxulo, 12.09.2010, 21:46
          • Sound card for - RayeR, 11.09.2010, 02:27
            • Sound card for - Laaca, 11.09.2010, 08:11
              • Sound card for - ecm, 11.09.2010, 11:54
              • Sound card for - RayeR, 11.09.2010, 11:55
    • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - RayeR, 09.09.2010, 22:47
      • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - Arjay, 13.09.2010, 13:51
        • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - RayeR, 13.09.2010, 15:52
          • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - Arjay, 13.09.2010, 18:04
      • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - yuhongbao, 04.10.2010, 01:01
        • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - RayeR, 27.10.2010, 02:46
          • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - Laaca, 27.10.2010, 11:23
            • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - RayeR, 27.10.2010, 21:21
              • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - Rugxulo, 27.10.2010, 23:13
                • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - RayeR, 28.10.2010, 21:32
          • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - yuhongbao, 05.12.2010, 08:14
            • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - RayeR, 07.12.2010, 15:16
              • Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx - RayeR, 07.12.2010, 15:38