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2026-03-22 11:17 UTC

@0x0@hachyderm.io @lori @Khrys@mamot.fr folks are, amazingly, building tiny computers that run python or basic around esp32. surprised me too! you need another chip to handle vga, and some external static RAM, it appears. here is a project emulating i386 that runs windows 98! on an esp32!! https://hackaday.com/2021/07/28/emulating-the-ibm-pc-on-an-esp32/

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@0x0@hachyderm.io 2026-03-22 11:25

@fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk It really says a lot when we can use low end hardware (for today's standards) to run simpler software that suffices for most tasks. Maybe RAM prices will bring that ingenuity back. @lori @Khrys@mamot.fr

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