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I went on a potentially unuseful search for something small to play or emulate DOS games. Keyboard would make things way more practical. Realistically if it was a umpc phone that would be perfect but those don't seem to exist anymore.
The latest attempt was an eeepc 901 which can run dosbox ok. Cheap and 8" A lot of things run well but not quite Pentium level (terminal velocity on Pentium graphics pushes it with a little skipped framed).
Was sort of after a pocket sized solution. Playing maybe up to 486 games like civilization but curious what others have thought about this or if the answer is just phones and full size laptops.
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Perhaps a simple Android tablet with a Bluetooth keyboard would fit the bill? There seems to be a build of Dosbox in the Play Store.
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There are DosBOX builds for Raspberry Pi computers, and there are also kits that provide a laptop-like experience for them with a screen and keyboard. May be worth a shot.
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I still run actual DOS computers. A generic 486 or pentium can usually be had
on ebay/craigslist/facebook marketplace for under $100.
On 7/8/2020 5:15 AM, 'chisa...@mac.com' via Software Collectors wrote:
> There are DosBOX builds for Raspberry Pi computers, and there are also kits
> that provide a laptop-like experience for them with a screen and keyboard. May
> be worth a shot.
>
> I went on a potentially unuseful search for something small to play or emulate
> DOS games. Keyboard would make things way more practical. Realistically if it
> was a umpc phone that would be perfect but those don't seem to exist anymore.
>
> The latest attempt was an eeepc 901 which can run dosbox ok. Cheap and 8" A
> lot of things run well but not quite Pentium level (terminal velocity on
> Pentium graphics pushes it with a little skipped framed).
>
> Was sort of after a pocket sized solution. Playing maybe up to 486 games like
> civilization but curious what others have thought about this or if the answer
> is just phones and full size laptops.
>
> - John
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