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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@krutonium" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>krutonium</span></a></span> because it necessitates gracefully moving threads to one core and most power saving techniques like dynamic clocking that are done transparently by the CPU are more effectively.</p><ul><li>The switch is for something like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Vortex86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vortex86</span></a> <a href="https://www.vortex86.com/products/Vortex86EX2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">EX2</a> or <a href="https://www.vortex86.com/products/Vortex86EX2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">DX3</a> which don't have CnQ, EIST and other fancy powersaving techniques but run at constant speeds through from power-on to power-off!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@timixretroplays" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>timixretroplays</span></a></span> yeah, I guess this shows <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rasteri</span></a></span> build this before businesses started upgrading tech.</p><p>I wished DM&amp;P / ICOP would increase production or that there was an easier way to get other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> SBCs from like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VIA</span></a> (remember when they made <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CUP</span></a>|s?) or some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> variants from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMD</span></a>.</p><ul><li><p>Cuz I was shure some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IntelAtom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntelAtom</span></a> SoC's and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AMDGseries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMDGseries</span></a> APUs do have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> support as they use quite older process nodes and microarchitectures.</p></li><li><p>But for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> system, that is quite a bottleneck to work on when it comes to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BareMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BareMetal</span></a>.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DOSBOX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBOX</span></a> or similar do work well, but they don't provide the necessary I/O for a lot of use-cases.</p><ul><li>I was looking at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104Plus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC104Plus</span></a> (for my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tiny486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiny486</span></a> <a href="http://github.com/os-1337/tiny486" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">project</a>) which just adds <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCI</span></a> on the opposite side of the board to the ISA pins but otherwise retains <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC104</span></a> compatibility.</li></ul><p>Maybe you can drop in a different <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Vortex86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vortex86</span></a> which also has <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a>?</p><ul><li>I know there are also <a href="https://www.vortex86.com/products/Vortex86EX2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vortex86EX2</a> and others that may be an option...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cleverboi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cleverboi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/@FandaSin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FandaSin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@BrodieOnLinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BrodieOnLinux</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.gompa.me/@neal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neal</span></a></span> to <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/@FandaSin/114738886208323419" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">answer your question</a> stuff like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rasteri</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wee86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wee86</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsv-jRiIT8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">*</a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeeCee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeeCee</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEp4ZUG7BI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">**</a> are quite common in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> setups because as much superior the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Atom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atom</span></a> Z520 and E3815 are, these have been discontinued unlike the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Vortex86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vortex86</span></a> SoCs! </p><ul><li>Plus there is no good <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=putHMSzu5og" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">support with modern SoC's</a> (Pretty shure not even on AMD's SoC's &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VIA</span></a> has axed their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a>)...</li></ul><p>Yes, I hate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> &amp; dislike the fact that people.use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> despite it being deprecated longer than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsXP</span></a> exists but someone's gotta have to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DataRecovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataRecovery</span></a> or at least <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backup</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/restore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restore</span></a> said systems' drives...<br><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114738983433662865" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1147389</span><span class="invisible">83433662865</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cleverboi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cleverboi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/@FandaSin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FandaSin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@BrodieOnLinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BrodieOnLinux</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.gompa.me/@neal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neal</span></a></span> as for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/i386" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i386</span></a> I understood <em>why</em> cuz it was more and more painful m, but the problem with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/i486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i486</span></a> is that in several <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> setups there are still newly deloyed systems based off it.</p><p>I.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Vortex86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vortex86</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SoC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoC</span></a>'s cuz <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> and shit still gets used in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> equipment.</p><ul><li>And <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> is kinda necessary to keep that rollin'...</li></ul><p>Linux <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/docu/linux.kernel.versions.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">stopped supporting i386</a> with versions <code>3.4.99 (longterm)</code> &amp; <code>3.6.9</code> respectably.</p><ul><li>And unlike with <code>i386</code> where none of the toolchain (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a>) and utilities (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a>) supoort it, <code>i486</code> is still supported there.</li></ul><p>And I really want to continue developing a minimalist <em>"rescue"</em> distro that can handle such legacy hardware because it may be the only option to <code>ddrescue</code> stuff from certain systems or to properly &amp; reproduceably backup &amp; restore them!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://suya.place/users/a1ba" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>a1ba</span></a></span> unsarcastically, I like that.</p><ul><li><p>But then again I'm a sucker for non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMD</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a>|s and non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMD</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nvidia</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3dfx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dfx</span></a> (wallet sez so!) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPU</span></a>|s.</p></li><li><p>Like some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transmeta</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VIA</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Vortex86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vortex86</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cyrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyrix</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xiaoxin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xiaoxin</span></a> CPU with like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SiliconMotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconMotion</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASPEED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASPEED</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Matrox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matrox</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/S3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>S3</span></a> GPU added to it.</p></li></ul><p>Won't run Crysis, but will run <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span>!</p>