A 386 PC For Your RP2350

The tiny386 project, an emulator that runs a 386 PC (with select 486/586 instructions) capable of booting a modern Linux kernel, has been ported from ESP32 to the RP2350 microcontroller. Two implementations exist: the FRANK emulation platform and a Waveshare Pi Zero port. The RP2350 version promises better performance than the ESP32 original, though it's still better suited to DOS, Windows 3.1/95, or lean Linux setups rather than full modern distros, giving hobbyists a cheap way to run 1990s-era software on a small dev board.

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