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Engineer boots Linux on Sega 32X, performance 'abysmal'
A developer has ported Linux to the Sega 32X, a 1994 add-on for the Genesis. The project overcomes extreme hardware limitations, including bus contention and slow CPU. Despite abysmal performance, the system boots and runs basic commands.
Meridian48 take
A fun retrocomputing hack, but the 32X's notoriously bad design limits any practical use beyond a proof of concept.
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