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Re:Doom for 16-bit DOS computers by ChrisArchitect on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:46PM (#37342730)
When I hear 8088 I'm picturing like an IBM PC original from like 1981, so seeing the video of this running on a 286 isn't as impressive in the end.
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Re:Doom for 16-bit DOS computers by rograndom on Thursday August 31, 2023 @04:50PM (#37343507)
Doom barely ran on 386s and lower 486s, so running at all on a 286, let alone better than most any 386, is pretty impressive to me.
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Re:Doom for 16-bit DOS computers by Sharlin on Friday September 01, 2023 @03:49AM (#37347918)
In the video it runs in an emulator clocked at 15x the clock speed of a real 286.
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Re:Doom for 16-bit DOS computers by nsxwolf on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:50PM (#37345849)
You can clock the 8088 to 10MHz, and the NEC V20 drop-in replacement ran up to 16MHz. I'd be curious to see one of those run this.
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