DOS ain't dead - SBC that will boot DOS and has standard IO

ervin.kosch

09.03.2018, 21:51

SBC that will boot DOS and has standard IO (Miscellaneous)

Hi all,

I'm working on upgrading a couple old games I wrote years ago to put into an arcade cabinet. With so many Single Board Computers (SBC) out now I wanted to use one instead of a whole PC. They're small, quiet, and generally consume less power. I know I could have a Raspberry Pi boot in DOSBox. But I would rather have real x86 chip.

I found a couple but they're 2-3x more then a Mini ITX board. Anyone hear of such a beast without costing an arm and a leg?

Thanks

roytam

10.03.2018, 15:56

@ ervin.kosch

SBC that will boot DOS and has standard IO

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> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on upgrading a couple old games I wrote years ago to put into
> an arcade cabinet. With so many Single Board Computers (SBC) out now I
> wanted to use one instead of a whole PC. They're small, quiet, and
> generally consume less power. I know I could have a Raspberry Pi boot in
> DOSBox. But I would rather have real x86 chip.
>
> I found a couple but they're 2-3x more then a Mini ITX board. Anyone hear
> of such a beast without costing an arm and a leg?
>
> Thanks

Maybe Vortex86* based SBC like this?
http://www.icop.com.tw/en/product/3.5-Embedded-Module-VDX3-6726-1GHz/VDX3-6726.html

RayeR

CZ,
14.03.2018, 20:11

@ roytam

SBC that will boot DOS and has standard IO

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> Maybe Vortex86* based SBC like this?
> http://www.icop.com.tw/en/product/3.5-Embedded-Module-VDX3-6726-1GHz/VDX3-6726.html

It has Integrated ALC 262 HD Audio - nut much fun under DOS with it.
Maybe it would be better get some old AMD Geode board (~300-400MHz) that emulates SB via VSA (works good for RM and PM DOS programs) or something with ISA slot to put real SB card in it...

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jassenna Campinas,SP,Brazil, 25.09.2018, 02:59 @ ervin.kosch	SBC that will boot DOS and has standard IO Post reply
	> With so many Single Board Computers (SBC) out now I > wanted to use one instead of a whole PC. > ... > I found a couple but they're 2-3x more then a Mini ITX board. Anyone hear > of such a beast without costing an arm and a leg? At Timeline, Inc ( http://www.timeline-inc.com/ ) there is a couple of 486 SBCs not too expensive. I don't know whether they will fit your requirements. Jose A. Senna

roytam

12.01.2021, 09:24

@ ervin.kosch

SBC that will boot DOS and has standard IO

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> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on upgrading a couple old games I wrote years ago to put into
> an arcade cabinet. With so many Single Board Computers (SBC) out now I
> wanted to use one instead of a whole PC. They're small, quiet, and
> generally consume less power. I know I could have a Raspberry Pi boot in
> DOSBox. But I would rather have real x86 chip.
>
> I found a couple but they're 2-3x more then a Mini ITX board. Anyone hear
> of such a beast without costing an arm and a leg?
>
> Thanks

sorry for bumping old post, but there is a video talking about building a DOS machine for retro gaming with PC/104 SBCs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsv-jRiIT8

RayeR

CZ,
14.01.2021, 04:31

@ roytam

SBC that will boot DOS and has standard IO

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> sorry for bumping old post, but there is a video talking about building a
> DOS machine for retro gaming with PC/104 SBCs.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsv-jRiIT8

Nice, I like the PC/104 soundcard project. PCB design files are available:
http://circuitmaker.com/Projects/Details/rasteri/PC104-soundcard-3

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DOS gives me freedom to unlimited HW access.