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Introduction, a return to DOS (User Introductions)

posted by kerravon , Sydney, Free World South, 13.03.2025, 06:46

> > I saw a good price though - US$112.
> >
> > BFN. Paul.
>
> The Zimaboard is a little single board computer device based on Intel x86
> type architecture CPU. Think of Raspberry PI, but with an x86. It has 2
> external SATA ports, USB port, 2 NICs, and a mini HDMI port for the
> monitor. Also an externalized PCIe slot to accept outboard PCIe cards! All
> in a very rugged, passively cooled case. It can run most any OS that will
> run on its Intel chipset, including: DOS, Windows, Linux, BSD, etc. I like
> it very much, and it runs FreeDOS very well!
>
> ~Bill

Thanks for that Raspberry Pi analogy.

US$90 for a 2 GB (a better amount of memory) machine:

https://shop.zimaspace.com/products/zimaboard-single-board-server?variant=39283928400070

And you didn't mention it has a memory card as well,
so you may not need to boot from USB stick.

Does it allow a keyboard that doesn't require the OS
to provide a driver (I am using PDOS/386)?

Thanks. Paul.

Complete thread:

• Introduction, a return to DOS - WDA0208, 06.03.2025, 04:26 (User Introductions)
  • Introduction, a return to DOS - kerravon, 12.03.2025, 21:45
    • Introduction, a return to DOS - WDA0208, 13.03.2025, 00:44
      • Introduction, a return to DOS - kerravon, 13.03.2025, 06:46
        • Introduction, a return to DOS - WDA0208, 13.03.2025, 15:49
          • Introduction, a return to DOS - bretjohn, 14.03.2025, 16:18
            • Introduction, a return to DOS - WDA0208, 14.03.2025, 23:17