Gareth Halfacree @ghalfacree@mastodon.social
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round-up time, and I'm going to break with tradition and post these out of order - so that I can highlight my very favourite, a look at Piotr Grzesik's M8SBC-486.

It's a motherboard for an Intel i486 or compatible. But... scratch-built. Chipset delivered via , two ISA slots, it's capable of running DOS, Windows 3.x (though mouse support is a work-in-progress), Doom... Yeah. Wow.

hackster.io/news/piotr-grzesik

Piotr Grzesik's M8SBC-486 is a Brand-New Motherboard for Vintage Intel 486 Chips — And It Runs Doom

If you've an Intel 486 or compatible lying in a desk drawer, this FPGA-powered motherboard can give it a new lease on life.

www.hackster.io · Hackster.io

Gareth Halfacree @ghalfacree@mastodon.social
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Then a modular(ish) privacy-centric heading to heading to crowdfunding soon, the Brax open_slate - the company's already had one successful campaign for a similar smartphone, though it's still in the process of delivering on that.

The big thing: this can run various distros as well as .

hackster.io/news/privacy-centr

Privacy-Centric Smartphone Specialist Brax Unveils the Open_Slate, a More Modular Two-In-One

Hardware lockouts for cameras, sensors, and radios, an M.2 slot, and a user-replaceable battery promised — along with broad Linux support.

www.hackster.io · Hackster.io

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