In the context of Linux kernel not supporting i486 processor anymore, I am getting curious.

I’ve seen my share of obsolete system, including these “Green screen” computer connected to a plotter drawing on graph paper. and a shit load of “Windows XP” still used in production. So I get the whole never change a working system.

However, Why would you want to run a modern kernel on this legacy hardware

  • quid_pro_joe@infosec.pub
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    1 年前

    Most industrial embedded PCs I’ve serviced ran on Windows XP Pro but you’d never see it (under the machine control software that autoruns on boot) unless things had gone pear-shaped. It was kinda trippy how at the time you could find that OS running on everything from grandpa’s old Gateway 2000 all the way up to $100K+ industrial CNC machines and million-dollar medical imaging equipment.

    • cowfodder@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 年前

      Absolutely. The machines I work on the most are XP embedded, but I’ve heard rumors that there are Linux based systems coming down the line.

      I’m pretty sure there’s a Bridgeport conversation from back in the day that used a 486 PC running sysunix and an embedded controller card, but I could be mistaken.