Subj : Re: New Pico2
To   : john larkin
From : Single Stage to Orbit
Date : Wed Aug 14 2024 22:07:50

On Wed, 2024-08-14 at 12:07 -0700, john larkin wrote:
>> My X86 VMS instance in a VM on modest hardware, takes less than a
>> minute to reboot

> MS-DOS was a lot faster, on a 2 MHz 8088.

Even quicker with a 8MHz NEC V30 (8086 equivalent)

One of these chips is sitting on my bookshelf. Maybe I'll put it on a
breadboard and do some wirewrapping with some support chips and have a
play. :-D
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Tactical Nuclear Kittens

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