From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Given Subject: Re: 8-bit Linux? Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:03:32 +0100 Message-ID: <4F733654.3080706@cowlark.com> References: <1332946219.58159.YahooMailClassic@web180817.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20120328151227.GM10030@vega.lgb.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig7FC64DE0964A8AC70AC45AC9" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20120328151227.GM10030@vega.lgb.hu> Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: "linux-8086@vger.kernel.org" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7FC64DE0964A8AC70AC45AC9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable G=C3=A1bor L=C3=A9n=C3=A1rt wrote: > Hi, >=20 > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 07:50:19AM -0700, Chris Cureau wrote: >> For what it's worth...I still haven't given up on my dream of Unix on = the 6502. :) I've got a good bit already written that will run on a Comm= odore 128 and working on a ramdisk for those who have external RAM (or an= emulator!) >> >> Blazing 2MHz speeds, no memory protection...and I'd bet it could handl= e multiple users with the ramdisk once all is said and done. :) >=20 > Interesting, indeed :) What I wanted once, just for a wild idea (I gues= s it > would be unusable slow, but just for the "feeling"): using the non-MMU = Linux > port (so not elks) eg for Amiga or similar, and write a motorola 68K CP= U > "emulator" for the C64 DTV (where 2Mb RAM should be enough for "somethi= ng" - > and yes, it's not a "C64", maybe with SuperCPU it would have been bette= r) Have you seen Uzi? http://www.dougbraun.com/uzi.html http://www.cpmclub.de/zeitung/seite5.htm http://uzix.sourceforge.net/ It's a SysV Unix kernel for the Z80, intended to run on CP/M machines. Okay, it's a Z80 and not a 6502, and the 6502 has certain unique issues with multitasking or running C (non-relocatable/fixed size/fixed-location stack, ugh), but it might be interesting to look at. --=20 =E2=94=8C=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 =EF=BD=84=EF=BD=87=EF=BC=A0=EF=BD=83= =EF=BD=8F=EF=BD=97=EF=BD=8C=EF=BD=81=EF=BD=92=EF=BD=8B=EF=BC=8E=EF=BD=83=EF= =BD=8F=EF=BD=8D =E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 http://www.= cowlark.com =E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 =E2=94=82 "Parents let children ride bicycles on the street. But parents = do not =E2=94=82 allow children to hear vulgar words. Therefore we can deduce th= at =E2=94=82 cursing is more dangerous than being hit by a car." --- Scott A= dams --------------enig7FC64DE0964A8AC70AC45AC9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9zNlQACgkQf9E0noFvlzgtswCfadJlLFtauNMH9jZYhGjhXmfR J44AoMTHFzqMw3Q1geUeVDiThDWAo/D4 =s92l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig7FC64DE0964A8AC70AC45AC9--