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Re:DOSBox-X: Free, cross-platform and complete DOS, Windows ... by unixhero on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:03PM (#25660355)
How would you do that? Is this a thing now?
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Re:DOSBox-X: Free, cross-platform and complete DOS, Windows ... by c12 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:31PM (#25660635)
Yup, Home-Brew ISA Cards is a thing. There are people out there who have reverse engineered some to create clones, not only for ISA but for more modern buses too.
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Re:DOSBox-X: Free, cross-platform and complete DOS, Windows ... by jasonjayr on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @02:03PM (#25660952)
Does it have to be working to be reverse engineered?

Typically folks will go looking for these services after the device has failed :(

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Re:DOSBox-X: Free, cross-platform and complete DOS, Windows ... by npsimons on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @02:04PM (#25660959)
Seen someone recreate a Sound Blaster: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25029727
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