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I'd be curious to see this running on real hardware. I hope someone's able to make it work.
It might be more interesting than watching paint dry, just via risk that an old C64 will let the smoke out.
This begs the question. What is the oldest hardware that can boot modern Linux but still be used as a daily driver?
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It might be more interesting than watching paint dry, just via risk that an old C64 will let the smoke out.
Why would it let smoke out? I doubt a C64 has any power management. So whether it idles or boots Linux via a couple of emulation layers, the thermal load will be exactly the same.
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It might be more interesting than watching paint dry, just via risk that an old C64 will let the smoke out.
Why would it let smoke out? I doubt a C64 has any power management. So whether it idles or boots Linux via a couple of emulation layers, the thermal load will be exactly the same.
I know from experience if you block the bottom intake vents on a VIC 20, so it can't convect properly, it will eventually start acting funky.
On a related note, I understand the 64's original power bricks are considered timebombs, they might also not appreciate being left on for weeks at a time.
This begs the question. What is the oldest hardware that can boot modern Linux but still be used as a daily driver?
This begs the question. What is the oldest hardware that can boot modern Linux but still be used as a daily driver?
For the sake of argument, let's say a computer where you can install Debian 12 and run a WM and a browser, and it's not excruciatingly slow. I think you'd want to aim somewhere around the Pentium 4 / Athlon XP era. The docs say it doesn't support the original Pentium, so I suppose you could go back as far as the Pentium II if you really want to suffer.