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Show HN: I486SX_soft_FPU – Software FPU Emulator for NetBSD 10 on 486SX
First Release is Here!I'm excited to announce the first release of i486SX_soft_FPU — a software FPU emulator for the classic Intel 486SX CPU, running on NetBSD 10!This project brings floating-point support back to life for 486SX machines, even though modern NetBSD versions no longer natively support processors without a hardware FPU. If you're into retrocomputing, operating system hacking, or just love old-school hardware, check it out!Project page: https://github.com/mezantrop/i486SX_soft_FPU Contributions, feedback, and testing are all very welcome!Let's keep these vintage machines alive!#retrocomputing #NetBSD #486SX #opensource Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43815116 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
First Release is Here!
I'm excited to announce the first release of i486SX_soft_FPU — a software FPU emulator for the classic Intel 486SX CPU, running on NetBSD 10!
This project brings floating-point support back to life for 486SX machines, even though modern NetBSD versions no longer natively support processors without a hardware FPU. If you're into retrocomputing, operating system hacking, or just love old-school hardware, check it out!
Project page: https://github.com/mezantrop/i486SX_soft_FPU Contributions, feedback, and testing are all very welcome!
Let's keep these vintage machines alive!
#retrocomputing #NetBSD #486SX #opensource
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43815116
Points: 5
# Comments: 0
