Show HN: I486SX_soft_FPU – Software FPU Emulator for NetBSD 10 on 486SX

First Release is Here!

I'm excited to announce the first release of i486SX_soft_FPU — a software FPU emulator for the classic Intel 486SX CPU, running on NetBSD 10!

This project brings floating-point support back to life for 486SX machines, even though modern NetBSD versions no longer natively support processors without a hardware FPU. If you're into retrocomputing, operating system hacking, or just love old-school hardware, check it out!

Project page: https://github.com/mezantrop/i486SX_soft_FPU Contributions, feedback, and testing are all very welcome!

Let's keep these vintage machines alive!

#retrocomputing #NetBSD #486SX #opensource

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