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zeitfest
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Posted: 11:36am 23 Dec 2020

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Maybe MMBasic for DOS will run on this ?

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Posted: 01:56pm 23 Dec 2020

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zeitfest said Maybe MMBasic for DOS will run on this �?

Thanks for the heads-up

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Posted: 02:59pm 23 Dec 2020

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Looks interesting. I just ordered this

Will see how it turns out.

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Posted: 03:06pm 23 Dec 2020

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Although "for DOS" it's a "Windows NT character-mode executable" so you'd need Windows I gather.

Apparently 4GB is "pretty skimpy for a Windows box".

John (not mentioning 640KB)

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Posted: 05:16pm 23 Dec 2020

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Very interesting Product. Thank you for sharing

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Posted: 06:07pm 23 Dec 2020

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Save $ 5
Probably hard to use with Linux though ( UEFI )

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Tinine
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lizby said Looks interesting. I just ordered this

Will see how it turns out.

Nice

That has the Z8350 which is the same as my Fusion5 tablet and also this:

Rock Pi X

I am a bit intrigued by this stuff since I recently, for giggles, installed some of my amp sims on my tablet to see what would happen.
According to the software's recommended minimum spec, I have nowhere near enough horsepower but it works beautifully and well within my comfort zone of less than 50% CPU load.

I use Gig Performer �as a host for VST plugins and Native Instruments' Guitar Rig 5, along with synths, drum machines etc.
When actually playing guitar through it, I am able to achieve a low-enough round-trip latency that doesn't bother me at all and I play fast-ish solos. All this capability in a cheap tablet is pretty darned impressive and now I want to build a more rugged alternative.
Edited 2020-12-24 05:26 by Tinine

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Posted: 11:46pm 25 Dec 2020

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hitsware2 said Save $ 5
Probably hard to use with Linux though ( UEFI )

I'd imagine it would be fine. UEFI is supported in just about all distros these days. Three of my Linux machines all run in UEFI mode currently.

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HellbentHorse said

hitsware2 said Save $ 5
Probably hard to use with Linux though ( UEFI )

I'd imagine it would be fine. UEFI is supported in just about all distros these days. Three of my Linux machines all run in UEFI mode currently.

Will your machines boot from 'live' (usb) distros
without going through the 'bios' ( or whatever it is called ) ?
I.E...
On my pre-uefi PC I have set the bios boot order for usb first.
I put in a live Linux usb, turn it on, and it boots.
With the uefi PC's, I must go to the 'bios' each time ....
There is no boot order setting .
By what I've seen, Ubuntu is uefi capable but not most distros.
Since I don't have Windows, I can't try the Rufus route .

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Posted: 06:30pm 29 Dec 2020

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Linux/Windows... X5-8350

Bought a laptop 3 years ago with a X5-8350 in it, when the chip was new.
At that time there was no linux support for the audio (HDMI yes, analog audio NO) for that core. 1 year later, still not. Read somewhere it would appear in 5.10 kernell. Have W10 on it still.

Maybe at this moment there is support for the X5-8350 audio in linux. Would be nice, since it has on board 4G ram, but only 32G NAND flash. And I have not been able to update W10 for 2 years already, simeply not enough room in NAND for an update. Basically it is useless now.

That your box has an M2 slot is nice. No storage problems.

Volhout.

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hitsware2 said

HellbentHorse said

hitsware2 said Save $ 5
Probably hard to use with Linux though ( UEFI )

I'd imagine it would be fine. UEFI is supported in just about all distros these days. Three of my Linux machines all run in UEFI mode currently.

Hi Hitsware,

If you use live versions of Ubuntu (Ubuntu has a company sercurity key for UEFI) you can "teach" your UEFI bios to accept that key (add it to the whitelist).
If you do, and insert the USB live distro stick, your PC will ask what UEFI OS it should start (at least my PC does).

How your PC adds the Ubuntu key to the whitelist can be different per PC and BIO provider. Google is your best friend.

Volhout
Edited 2020-12-30 04:39 by Volhout

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Posted: 09:22pm 29 Dec 2020

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Thank You Volhout ....

I enjoy trying live distro after live distro.
( Many far removed from Ubuntu )
Supposedly UEFI has a ' legacy ' setting which
allows this , but the PC ' s I ' ve tried
don ' t seem to have that option .
Perhaps I just need to hang on to my pre-uefi
PC for that purpose , but the newer models are
so much nice and compact .....

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