Ltning

@ltning@weirdr.net

He/him. This is one of my alter egos in the retro world. Read about this instance on front page. My goal is to be able to post here from a 286* running DOS. Might be a while..

and enthusiast with a craving for retro (mostly PC) hardware. Four kids and a wonderful patchwork family.

*Speaking of 286es: http://floppy.museum/

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@ltning@weirdr.net

Attempting to install #NetBSD on this 486.. gonna need some more work before that works I'm afraid.

(Read the alt text for more info)
#retrocomputing #moreram

Kernel messages from NetBSD 10.1 on an AMD 486. Panics due to low memory after showing interesting sound cards detected. No correlation I'm sure - only including to brag.

Alt...Kernel messages from NetBSD 10.1 on an AMD 486. Panics due to low memory after showing interesting sound cards detected. No correlation I'm sure - only including to brag.

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    After making myself a new, smaller kernel and install floppies - only needed two, as opposed to six for the stock kernel..

    Screenshot from NetBSD installer unpacking base.tgz at a whopping 600KB per second.

    Alt...Screenshot from NetBSD installer unpacking base.tgz at a whopping 600KB per second.

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    And here we are. is simply amazing.


    Console screenshot. Plaintext 80x50 mode, with screen(1) running htop(1) and neofetch(1), split horizontally.

    Alt...Console screenshot. Plaintext 80x50 mode, with screen(1) running htop(1) and neofetch(1), split horizontally.

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