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HamsterOS Packs a Complete Desktop into a 1.44 MB Floppy
12 days ago•Source: Hackaday
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GentleOS: A Tiny Kernel Shell for Old x86 PCs
Luke8086’s GentleOS offers a minimalist kernel-shell OS for older 16- and 32-bit x86 machines, boasting a small footprint, a simple GUI, and a handful of basic apps and games. It boots quickly, especially in modern hardware, and is positioned as a fun, curiosity-driven retro project rather than a productivity system.
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Breathing New Life into PCjr: Rebuilding IBM’s BIOS from Print Edition
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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.