This has been gone over a couple of times, and gets batted down quite effectively due to insufficient storage space, and difficulty of finding code to overwrite the existing OS. IIRC it was not publicly released, but I'm sure there are those that know it, that might release it if a serious project were underway, but even if it were possible, it would die out quickly, as TI-89 HW2 has fixed the bug if I understand correctly.
Mark E. Scott Jr.
mscott@mail.dbcity.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Jimmy Baker [mailto:ashbar83@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 11:33 PM
To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A89: our own OS? possible or not
Excerpt from the Linux/M68k Mac project:
"1. What machines will never be supported?
In general, any computer with a 68000 processor won't
be able to run Linux. Of the two 68020 machines, the
Mac II supports the addition of a PMMU and can be made
to run. (See the PMMU section, later.) The LC does not
have this capability. Also some machines with a
68LC040 chip are defective and cannot support Linux
FPU emulation (or any fpu emulation, for that matter),
before thinking of these machines as "supported" read
the section on them later. For other unsupported
machines, see the Power Mac section. "
Let's prove them wrong!!!!!
--- Robin Kirkman <misty@drrobin.yi.org> wrote:
>
> hehe... so you want a linux kernel ported to your
> ti89?
> --robin
>
>
> mxpxfifws@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > ok, I've sent in a ton of stuff today to this list
> and I have one more question. what is the
> > possiblilty of making an OS strictly for
> programmers/gamers (because I don't think that TI
> > had the programmer/gamer in mind when it made this
> calculator). I remember someone
> > talking about it the other day in this list, but I
> can't recall what he/she said. Anyway, it was
> > just a thought. Oh yeah, what is the possiblility
> of creating flash applications like the math
> > software and such? And another thing, why does
> the TI-92 have a cool little icon for it's
> > tools menu, yet the 89 doesn't. Boy, I'm just
> full of questions today. Thanks for listening!
> > Bryan F
> >
> > Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com
> >
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