A 386 PC Emulator That Runs Windows 95 on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2
A 386 PC for Your RP2350
The FRANK 386 project ports the Tiny386 emulator to the RP2350 microcontroller, enabling full i386 CPU emulation with up to 8MB RAM, VGA/HDMI output, SD card storage, and support for PS/2, USB, and NES gamepad input. It boots DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and Linux, and includes a runtime disk manager and settings menu for hot-swapping disk images and adjusting emulator configuration.
Boots DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Linux, and more.
- guenthert
Holy cow, a 386 with VGA and SoundBlaster on a $1 MCU?
I recall VICE emulating the Brotkasten on 386 PCs some thirty years ago, later UAE doing it for Amiga. How long til my currently running system (anno 2016) is being emulated?
- dvdkon
It's really cool what can be done today with just an MCU that has sufficiently flexible IO. What's the performance like?
- shrubble
Technically you could run OS/2 on it, I think.
Or Plan9 for i386.
- gxd
I had Slackware CDs in the nineties! They had a minimalist label and came with no jewel case (rubber band if I recall correctly).
I've been meaning to rediscover the CICA and Simtel collections. Maybe that's what I needed!
- cold_pizz4
I love it!
The RP2350 is probably the most underrated microcontroller available today.