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elks
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Damn Small Linux 2024
ELKS supported MMU-less operation on 8088 and 80286 machines, but I don't think an ARM port exists: https://github.com/ghaerr/elks
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SIIG MiniSys S286 Small Form Factor PC
Roughly in the mid-90s I bought at a local surplus store a "Carry 1" industrial 8088 computer which to my surprise I later discovered it could run Linux (ELKS: https://github.com/ghaerr/elks). I ultimately sold it on Ebay because although it was a beautiful piece of old tech, I was struggling to find more space for other things.
Here's one. I had only the central unit, mine had two floppy drives.
- ELKS Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset – Linux for 8086
- ELKS 0.70 released: Linux for the 8086
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My Happy HP 95LX is my everyday computer.
I don't think you can replace the OS on these. Unless there is a way to boot them from DOS, but you are looking at 8c086 machine so the choice is limited. Linux or BSD won't work. But ELKS might if it can be made to boot from DOS. Minix 2.02 seems to work.
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$5 Ai-M62-12F-Kit RISC-V development board features BL616 WiFi 6, BLE 5.2, and Zigbee MCU, plenty of I/Os - CNX Software
Yet ELKS works on 16 bit computers with 640k of RAM.
- ELKS: Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset
- Past meets present in this $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB
- Imaging an MFM Hard Disk on a PC XT
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Furby 1998 Source Code
Some small size Linux-like OSes do exist though: one commenter suggested Lunix (which I didn't know, thanks for the link), and a slightly bigger one is ELKS which runs on old MMU-less x86 CPUs. I managed to run it on a 8088 industrial PC ages ago.
https://github.com/jbruchon/elks
I should have a Furby buried somewhere; now that I think of it, it may be the right platform to stick a bigger brain into, make it wireless so that it could be connected to the home IoT network then signal events or alerts.
nds-hb-menu
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Luma3DS v12.0 - homebrew menu autoboot, many more screen filter options, etc.
DSi modes uses nds-hb-menu bootstrap's TID by default, and is a bit slow to start as it needs to go through the native 3DS OS first no matter what
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so this might not be a usual question
For most games you should be able to just put its .nds file on the SD card like any retail game, just check for a README file which will probably explain if there's anything special you need to do. Also flashcard kernels aren't great at running homebrew so if you have issues try run TWiLight Menu++, HBMenu, or GodMode9i and run the game from there.
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Is there a way to get this to run homebrew games without re-timebombing it?
YSMenu should work fine for homebrew... You could try installing TWiLight Menu++, HBMenu, or GodMode9i and load the game from there, those are better at running homebrew than flashcard kernels.
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Homebrew on Ace3DS+ clone
Hmm, try using either nds-hb-menu (you can rename the BOOT.NDS to whatever and boot it like a normal homebrew) or TWiLight Menu++ to load it if you haven't already. If that doesn't help then reformatting the SD with SD Formatter may help.
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If you thought running Linux on a 3DS or PS2 wasn't crazy enough, here's Linux on a Nintendo DS Lite
It may have something to do with homebrew compatibility on your flashcard, you can try your luck with devkitPro's Homebrew Menu, it sometimes fixes homebrew compatibility issues.
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GBA use on EDGE card for ds lite
Hmm, you could try loading nds-hb-menu (the BOOT.NDS, you can rename it), TWiLight Menu++, or GodMode9i, then loading GBARunner2 from one of those.
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ds file not running?
Try loading it from nds-hb-menu, TWiLight Menu++, or GodMode9i.
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gba runner 2 not working on r4 card gold pro :(
Try loading GBARunner2 from TWiLight Menu++ or nds-hb-menu (the BOOT.NDS, can rename it) instead. Flashcard kernels often have issues running some homebrew.
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no homebrew menue just green DsiXL
and this for the BOOT.nds https://github.com/devkitPro/nds-hb-menu/releases/
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GBA Backup Tool uses L and R buttons, mine are broken...
Huh that's very weird... Can you try loading it from nds-hb-menu?
What are some alternatives?
IoTGoat - IoTGoat is a deliberately insecure firmware created to educate software developers and security professionals with testing commonly found vulnerabilities in IoT devices.
TWiLightMenu - DSi Menu replacement for DS/DSi/3DS/2DS
gcc-ia16 - Fork of Lambertsen & Jenner (& al.)'s IA-16 (Intel 16-bit x86) port of GNU compilers ― added far pointers & more • use https://github.com/tkchia/build-ia16 to build • Ubuntu binaries at https://launchpad.net/%7Etkchia/+archive/ubuntu/build-ia16/ • DJGPP/MS-DOS binaries at https://gitlab.com/tkchia/build-ia16/-/releases • mirror of https://gitlab.com/tkchia/gcc-ia16
FUZIX - FuzixOS: Because Small Is Beautiful
Luma3DS - Nintendo 3DS "Custom Firmware"
ao486_MiSTer - ao486 port for MiSTer
GodMode9i - GodMode9i Explorer - A full access file browser for the Nintendo DS and DSi consoles :godmode:
libudev-zero - Daemonless replacement for libudev
linux-uwu - An optimized kernel based on the Debian Linux sources with graysky2's gcc optimization patch, Gabriel Krisman's fsync patch, and some Clear Linux patches layered on top
XTulator - XTulator is a portable, open source x86 PC emulator currently supporting the 8086 instruction set and 80186 extensions.
86Box - Emulator of x86-based machines based on PCem.