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HamsterOS Packs a Complete Desktop into a 1.44 MB Floppy
HamsterOS is a tiny, multitasking 32-bit graphical OS designed to fit on a single 1.44 MB floppy for 386/486-era hardware, with a planned November 2026 release and native apps, optional hard-drive install, DOS support, and features like a CMOS crash counter; it even ships with HamsterWeazle, a GUI front-end for Greaseweazle to drive vintage floppy hardware.
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Voodoo Reborn: 3DFX GPU Recreated in FPGA
Francisco Ayala Le Brun has recreated the 3DFX Voodoo 1 GPU in SpinalHDL for FPGAs, detailing the fixed-function hardware architecture and the timing/bug challenges of mapping a classic GPU onto modern programmable logic, with a GitHub repository for curious readers; the piece nods to Nvidia’s late-90s acquisition of 3DFX and notes the option of upgrading real Voodoo memory for those who own original hardware.
Resurrecting a 1991 Sun SPARCstation IPX: A Hardware Odyssey to Solaris 2.6
A 1991 Sun SPARCstation IPX is revived through a series of hardware swaps—PSU, motherboard, video card, RAM, and disk—to install Solaris 2.6; while it eventually boots to a GUI, performance is slow, illustrating how reviving vintage hardware often requires costly parts and extensive tinkering.
DR-DOS Returns as a Clean-Room 9.0 Beta
A Reddit user has created a clean-room reimplementation of DR-DOS, calling it version 9.0 and placing it in beta after purchasing the trademark. The project aims for full compatibility with DOS, currently runs DOOM, and is free for non-commercial use for now, though the author has not open-sourced the code due to IP/licensing considerations tied to DR-DOS' history with Novell and Caldera.