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86Duino platform for MS-DOS gaming

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First post, by markot

Posted on 2015-02-07, 08:09

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I one day found the http://www.86duino.com/ website. The manufacturer is making 86Duino ZERO and ONE models of x86 processor compatible small computers.

Do anyone have experience about this platform? If yes, how well does these small computers work if you install MS-DOS and want to play games from 80' and 90's? I think Intel Galileo is another similar board to these.

I don't want to use emulators because they don't work good enough. The most promising emulator currently in my opinion is PCem http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/ but it has several problems. The good part is that you can use 4:3 aspect ratio with this that I have not got working on any others.

The biggest problem with 86Duino would be the Sound Blaster 16 emulation. Some DOS driver should be available if it is even possible.

Reply 1 of 4, by smeezekitty

Posted on 2015-02-07, 08:44

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Well the big limiting factor is that they do NOT have any video output.
The 86duino Zero requires quite a bit of hacking to get PCI-E video output: http://www.86duino.com/?page_id=85/general-el … ct-vga-to-pci-e
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shlirczvcwg

The 86duino one I think has a PCI-E slot and card available.

Also, I got screwed for $25 of shipping

Reply 2 of 4, by markot

Posted on 2015-02-07, 09:26

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This german webstore is also selling 86Duinos but I don't know about their shipping costs: http://www.watterott.com/en/Boards-/-Kits/x86

The 86Duino ONE would let you attach a mini PCIe VGA card without any hacking which I would prefer if I would buy some. I'm not interested in hacking/programming, would just want to find a small computer that would work for sure.

Reply 3 of 4, by smeezekitty

Posted on 2015-02-07, 17:37

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markot wrote:
This german webstore is also selling 86Duinos but I don't know about their shipping costs: http://www.watterott.com/en/Boards-/-Kits/x86

The 86Duino ONE would let you attach a mini PCIe VGA card without any hacking which I would prefer if I would buy some. I'm not interested in hacking/programming, would just want to find a small computer that would work for sure.

Honestly it isn't something you can just get going without some hacking.
I do believe the 86duino one has audio output at least. But it is likely not sound blaster compatible.

It does have a lot of neat features (LAN, USB, built in microSD, PCI-E, 128MB of RAM)
but from my experience (with the Zero) is they are not so much ready to go computers out of the box.

Reply 4 of 4, by FaSMaN

Posted on 2015-02-10, 16:04

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You might be better of getting one of the new Intel Atom based sticks, atleast it has GFX and sound built in, but expect a lot of hacking.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32GB-Version-M … 2245958338.html

Edit: Here is one in a better form factor with Ethernet out: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32GB-Mini-PC-T … 2260068036.html

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