wy_scorpio
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« on: June 29, 2010, 02:16:30 AM » |
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linux have been ported to dingoo
why win98 not?
if can install win98 on the minisd card,so ,can lanch the windows..
the problem is how to intstall double boot (native,win98) on the dingoo,and the screen's driver and so on..
dingoo has a 336Mhz CPU,that can run win98 enough,but the RAM is little ..only 32M
so,if win98 is difficult to ported..win95,win32?i think it's possible...
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mmd
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« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2010, 02:20:42 AM » |
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CPU architecture. Windows 98 is x86..
Dingoo is MIPS, not X86.
Linux wasn't really designed to any specific architecture, and with source codes to all sorts of different Linux types, it just goes without saying, anything with a CPU, will run Linux.
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santino
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« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2010, 09:41:04 AM » |
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Do you have the sourcode and the drivers? And what the heck do you want to do with win98?
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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2010, 09:46:35 AM » |
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Let's say we somehow solved the problem of cpu architecture, device drivers etc.
But what are we gonna run on it? 100% of applications and games are x86 binaries, wouldn't run on a mips win98 ;P
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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2010, 01:22:37 PM » |
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The closest thing would perhaps be running Win 3.11 through Dosbox
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2010, 06:03:45 PM » |
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I think Windows NT runs on MIPS. I guess anyone who wants to could port ReactOS  (Hint: It's not available for MIPS so it would be a very large project...) |
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mmd
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« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2010, 06:13:41 PM » |
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I think Windows NT runs on MIPS. I guess anyone who wants to could port ReactOS (Hint: It's not available for MIPS so it would be a very large project...) It is indeed available for MIPS, but not for the specific platform that Dingoo would run on.  Besides, you'd still need source code which Micro$oft never released, to actually make something like a bootloader for it.. |
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« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2010, 10:11:26 PM » |
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I don't know what you're all talking about, I can run x86 code on MIPS, it's just a bit slow.
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mmd
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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2010, 10:24:38 PM » |
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I don't know what you're all talking about, I can run x86 code on MIPS, it's just a bit slow.
Through emulation.. He wants to natively boot X86 code, of which you can NOT do on any other CPU other than an X86. |
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flatmush
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« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2010, 07:18:50 PM » |
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I don't know what you're all talking about, I can run x86 code on MIPS, it's just a bit slow.
Through emulation.. He wants to natively boot X86 code, of which you can NOT do on any other CPU other than an X86. No modern architectures natively execute x86 code, all of them perform masses of translations to a RISC style internal format during execution so it could easily be argued that there is little difference between performing the translations in software or hardware. But I was just trying to lighten the topic a bit, since people seem to be taking this topic way too seriously. |
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« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2010, 10:01:22 PM » |
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Thatīs why iīd like to see the Loongson used in a handheld once, it has hardware x86 emulation.  Would put the funny windows questions to an end. btw: shouldnīt Win95 be possible in DosBox too? Only needs a 386... |
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