Re: A89: For people with non-TI m68k experience?? (linuxTI project)
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Re: A89: For people with non-TI m68k experience?? (linuxTI project)
>I am trying to find out if there is anyone on this mailing list who has
>experience with the m68k from other projects, and not just related to
>the stupid calculator.
Oh yeah! How does a HP 9000/400s sound? :)
>I get the feeling there are people on this list who have no concept of
>what the Linux project is about. It isn't about turning a calculator
>into a computer, it's about running the m68k version of Linux on a store
>bought machine.
??? There just isn't enough ram to do anything. Not even elks would fit
confortably.
>F*ck the fact that it was built as a calculator. It is a m68k based
>computer. I could list a dozen other similarly equipped systems that
>were on the desktop.
Mac, Amiga, Atari, HP... Thats not the point, the calculator just doesn't
have enough resources.
>THink about it, when we were putting together our simple 68k based
>systems a few (well more then that now) years ago, we would have given
>an arm and a leg for this much RAM, or a prebuilt display and keyboard
>with a BIOS to use it. My first system, and my first z80 machine had
>toggle switches and blinky lights for I/O!
>-Patrick
>psweeney@geocities.com
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