Messages in this thread | | | From | David Laight <> | Subject | RE: Old platforms: bring out your dead | Date | Fri, 5 Feb 2021 09:13:03 +0000 |
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> We have open-hardware implementation for 486, AFAICT, thanks to MISTer > project. I'm not aware of open 586 core. > > Being able to run recent Linux on open hardware sounds fun.
Putting a 486 on an fpga might be 'interesting'. But it has a lot of 'cruft' (like 286 protected mode) that you really don't need. I'd bet RISCV comes out smaller.
Most x86 ports are actually IBM-PC ports - so you'd also have to sort out all the peripherals.
David
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