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Re:I still use WordPerfect 6.2 for DOS by neilpanchal on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:37AM (#24418352)
100% agree. We need a new platform like https://tic80.com but with more capability.

Someone wrote a whole kernel for Tic80 on RPi : https://github.com/msx80/BareMetalTic80

I can imagine a modern retro computer with modest specs running on A8 processor, in a compact form, with a super minimal kernel and TCP stack that can do 90% of tasks we need to do today.

Checking weather, ordering delivery, booking tickets, reading email, chatting, calls, etc.

I want this to exist!

Re:I still use WordPerfect 6.2 for DOS by creshal on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @10:26AM (#24421337)
We don't need "modern retro", existing computers are perfectly capable of running efficient software, people just need to actually write it.