DIY mini-ITX motherboard lets you play DOS games without emulation — ITX Llama features a Vortex86EX 500 MHz CPU
DIY mini-ITX motherboard lets you play DOS games without emulation — ITX Llama features a Vortex86EX 500 MHz CPU
Initially built by Eivin Bohler, this custom mini-ITX board accurately plays classic DOS titles without requiring emulation.
So, a new computer that works like an old computer?
24Yeah, but better!
9I know you're probably being sarcastic, but actually yes!
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Love the modularity, good way to keep components ticking away, as motherboards are always the hardest thing to find. Hopefully they can survive long enough to be relevant over the years, as of now I'd stick with a mister.
7This could be good for the industrial world. There's many pieces of equipment out there that have a dos based terminal. We have a piece of equipment at my work that was made in West Germany.
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Needs support for a turbo button.
Also, they should've made it a little bigger (micro-ATX) so that they could fit PCI and ISA slots for whatever weird retro hardware somebody might want to use.
3Wing Commander 1!
2Although DOS emulation is very good these days, this is really cool!
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