Re: A89: For people with non-TI m68k experience?? (linuxTI project)


[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]

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

48656C6C6F212054656C6C206D6520696620796F7520676F742074686973206D6573736167652EŚ0


Follow-Ups: References: