Behold. Behoid, I say, the fruits of my sick labor!
@phoneboy And you have that knowledge in the back of your head that the people who assembled the hardware decades ago had no idea of the weird stuff you are making it do.
@phoneboy …what made it harder is that I refused at the outset to use a protected mode DOS extender. Fun stuff but it makes your brain hurt after a while :D
@phoneboy Was trying to find a photo I posted of the DOS box I was developing APP.EXE on telnetted into a Linux box and running texapp but app.net is being impossible to deal with right now. Has a NIC with PKDRV working and functional TCP-IP networking.
The hardest part of the APP.EXE thing was https and massive chunks of JSON on a system that can only address 64K at a time.
The solution was being ported over from some image editing and analysis stuff I did years ago. Utilizes XMS and a scrolling 64K window through it.
Lego, stop taunting me with FUN, damnit!
https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Vader-s-TIE-Advanced-vs-A-Wing-Starfighter-75150
New LapLink serial cable on the way. Yes, I have the ends and cable to make one but 7.95 plus shipping beat cussing with a soldering iron.
Pulling ISO of old in-house disto over to Macbook. VM will follow. I have an idea that involves a Shuttle PC that may be the answer to my woes.
@matigo It'll be an adventure for sure. I don't really have the time to do any of this but I'm going to try anyway.