Random thought inspired by "too new but too slow" mini-PCs: I wonder what the odds are of someone making a bare-metal hypervisor/emulator that lets DOS and Win3.11 run "natively" on even Intel's proposed x86S, with emulated SB16 and CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA video.

Maybe, for a rainy-day project, I'll see how far I can minimize boot time if I build a Linux install that boots into full-screen DOSBox or 86box and a BIOS POST Plymouth boot splash to hide the rest on cold boot.
#retro #retrocomputing #dos