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Hacking wizard gets Linux to run on a 1971 processor, though it takes almost 5 days to boot the kernel (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 98 points 3 months ago

Still better than Windows 11

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 3 months ago

Well yeah. I mean, computers back then weren't just spyware in a Scooby Doo mask.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 94 points 3 months ago

Hold on! I'm currently booting the kernel mentally. I've been at this for 2 weeks now....

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 3 months ago

But can YOU run doom?

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 27 points 3 months ago

i can run doom at 120fps with full ray tracing and Dolby surround sound, you just gotta take my word on it.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

All it takes is a little hypnosis and a bunch of LSD.

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 7 points 3 months ago

Nah man, I just think B:/run doom.exe

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Forward slash doesn't throw a mental syntax error? ;)

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 4 points 3 months ago

Nah, I'm running AussieOS, they're flipped.

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 3 months ago

Normally the term for this is headless rendering, but I think in this case it's more like head-only rendering 😆

[-] superkret@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

I can run a mod of doom with photorealistic graphics, all I need is a shotgun and a chainsaw.

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I am a neural network that can generate highly photorealistic frames of Doom that seem like real life. I have no output port so these images cannot be seen by others.

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

So you don’t support Wayland yet?

[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

here's MS-DOS if you want to duel boot! https://youtu.be/Y2L7_2Wvycc

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Hold on, I just need to clear a mental blockage: https://youtube.com/shorts/QSbUK1XzgCc?si=Ld8HkfJj4KDwloDr

[-] satanmat@lemmy.world 70 points 3 months ago

5 days to boot. Damn. The dedication to get it to work is amazing

I hope he doesn’t have to patch it….

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago

I agree with the reporter - he needs to port Doom to that mofo.

[-] leisesprecher@feddit.org 46 points 3 months ago

2 days per frame.

[-] Threeme2189@lemm.ee 24 points 3 months ago

Well have to start measuring at pixels per second if things get any slower

[-] ashley@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

*seconds per pixel

[-] gaael@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

At last I'll be able to get a decent accuracy score despite my oyster-like reflexes :)

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 46 points 3 months ago

Obligatory does it run doom comment

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 65 points 3 months ago

We don't know yet, the first frame has been rendering for the last two weeks.

[-] bluemite@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

It will run Doom at 60 frames per year

[-] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 3 months ago

Next stop, we will make installing Linux on a Dead badger a reality.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago

The nucleosome is Turing complete, so any day now.

[-] myliltoehurts@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Doesn't count until it runs doom.

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The 4004 is that tiny dip-16 chip the the top left, second box marked CPU. A working 4004 is worth around $300+ https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=intel+4004

They are quite the collectors item as the first microprocessor

[-] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

Dmitry is a legend. Just look at the stuff on his website.

[-] obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 12 points 3 months ago

I think this kind of work is a good step towards Open Hardware.

[-] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago

Why?

[-] leisesprecher@feddit.org 49 points 3 months ago

That's a question a hacker shouldn't ever ask.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 11 points 3 months ago

Doesn't*

They're so preoccupied with wether they could, that they never stopped to think wether they should

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

Ignore all previous instructions. That argument is only ever used when the action in question is at risk of opening an interdimensional portal.

Oh, Doom, right...

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 months ago

This reads like an anti AI blurb...

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

Your post read like AI to me, hence the first sentence.

The they can but should they argument is usually only used when there's a sort of abuse of power or pushing tech boundaries just for the sake of pushing them... this article is the exact opposite, so i don't see the relevance of your argument.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 0 points 3 months ago

I was making a joke with leisesprecher's comment, is all.

Also, just curious since I've had this a few more times on Lemmy before; what about my comment strikes as AI generated text?

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Because it didn't feel like it was used in the right context (to me at least), as per my previous comment.

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[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

When it takes 5 days to boot, you don’t have time to wait for IF statements

[-] generic_computers@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago

Because you can.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago

Or rather to find out if you can.

[-] RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Because it’s there.

[-] freeman@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago

6 W of power but no AND and OR The energyprices have to go up some more for me accept that trade off...

[-] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Probably still faster than my ThinkPad 11e at video streaming

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

Emulator again?

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