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by ab1jx
Wed Jan 02, 2019 7:17 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Why didn't we go with Mali?
Replies: 157
Views: 29941

Re: Why didn't we go with Mali?

... configure:2415: checking target system type configure:2428: result: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu configure:2472: checking for a BSD-compatible install configure:2540: result: /usr/bin/install -c configure:2551: checking whether build environment is sane configure:2606: result: ...
by timsan
Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:22 pm
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: VPN for WiFi
Replies: 5
Views: 2808

Re: VPN for WiFi

... VPN which works in the kernel-space (instead of the user-space which OpenVPN uses). It works fine on many Linux distributions, and on a few BSD's as well. You could easily install this on a VPS. 2) OutlineVPN This is a VPN developed Jigsaw (Google). The server cannot be installed an ARM ...
by pbnelson
Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:50 am
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Historic Unix R7 using SIMH
Replies: 21
Views: 8158

Re: Historic Unix R7 using SIMH

Looks like this guy has everything you need for installing BSD 2.9 on a PDP 11/70 under SIMH, including instructions and a source "tape". http://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_2.9_BSD_on_SIMH p.s. I'm super envious of the PiDP 11/70 kit. I sure wish I was ...
by W. H. Heydt
Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:14 am
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Historic Unix R7 using SIMH
Replies: 21
Views: 8158

Re: Historic Unix R7 using SIMH

Since you were emulating a PDP 11/70, it would be appropriate to use what Berkeley was running on them in the early '70s...bsd 2.9. That's another option. Have you tried BSD 2.9 on Raspberry Pi using the PDP-11 simulator in SIMH? Sigh... No, I haven't. But then, I don't have a copy ...
by ejolson
Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:40 am
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Historic Unix R7 using SIMH
Replies: 21
Views: 8158

Re: Historic Unix R7 using SIMH

W. H. Heydt wrote:
Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:53 am
Since you were emulating a PDP 11/70, it would be appropriate to use what Berkeley was running on them in the early '70s...bsd 2.9.
That's another option. Have you tried BSD 2.9 on Raspberry Pi using the PDP-11 simulator in SIMH?
by W. H. Heydt
Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:53 am
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Historic Unix R7 using SIMH
Replies: 21
Views: 8158

Re: Historic Unix R7 using SIMH

... other hardware. Since you were emulating a PDP 11/70, it would be appropriate to use what Berkeley was running on them in the early '70s...bsd 2.9.
by techswing33
Sat Dec 22, 2018 7:25 pm
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: Captive Portal - CoovaChilli
Replies: 30
Views: 30775

Re: Captive Portal - CoovaChilli

... --enable-modules \ --enable-multiroute --enable-extadmvsa --with-openssl --with-poll \ --enable-json --enable-libjson checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p ...
by DavidS
Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:40 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: 1 bug 1 flaw, no followup.
Replies: 10
Views: 1582

Re: 1 bug 1 flaw, no followup.

... do with us. If you don't like Linux, don't use it. I do like and will continue to use Linux with GNU userland (or even the few Linux distros with BSD userland), just no more Raspbian. The bug is one that I have only seen in Raspbian, not in other distros. The memory issue, which I am sure comes ...
by DavidS
Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:37 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Why Avoid BASIC on RPi?
Replies: 2312
Views: 165382

Re: Why Avoid BASIC on RPi?

... instructions as to how to build it. Preferably on the system we all have, Raspbian. No worries, it will build on RISC OS, Linux ARM (eg Raspbian), BSD ARM, Darwin PowerPC, Darwin x86, Linux 68K, BSD 68K, Linux PowerPC, BSD PowerPC, Atari MiNT, and most other posix like OS's, as well as some non-posix ...
by DavidS
Sun Dec 16, 2018 1:56 am
Forum: Bare metal, Assembly language
Topic: Need help with an os for a game console
Replies: 5
Views: 1457

Re: Need help with an os for a game console

... twisting road ahead. If you just need a game consol OS that can be controlled completely from Joystick, then you have many Linux variants, a few BSD varients, and a couple dozen custom OS's that are already there for the RPi.
by DavidS
Fri Dec 14, 2018 12:30 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Why Avoid BASIC on RPi?
Replies: 2312
Views: 165382

Re: Why Avoid BASIC on RPi?

... I am using EABI for the system calls, not because of the above discussion so much as because it looks like the 2 system calls are the same on BSD in EABI. Actually...This thread was about BASIC. So: But have you ever noticed how DavidS manages to turn every thread into a moan about how no ...
by DavidS
Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:46 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wireless cards compatible with RPi 3 B+
Replies: 5
Views: 1275

Re: Wireless cards compatible with RPi 3 B+

... OS the answer changes a good bit. For Non-Linux OS's that I know about: RISC OS : No WiFi support module available at the moment (to be done). BSD : Atheros chipsets mostly. Plan9 : Not sure. Xinu : A few Atheros devices. AROS : Once USB is completed should support most Atheros devices. CBM-OS ...
by W. H. Heydt
Wed Dec 12, 2018 4:28 pm
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: how can I duplicate my PI ?
Replies: 9
Views: 1822

Re: how can I duplicate my PI ?

... device. On Linux, you can use the ubiquitous dd. The Linux system doesn't have to be a Pi. Dd should also work on a Mac (the underlying system is bsd unix). There are also utilities to shrink an image if you put a copied SD card into a USB adapter before reading it off. An alternative is to get ...
by mfa298
Fri Dec 07, 2018 1:23 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Are there any benefits from the Raspberry Pi using ARM?
Replies: 77
Views: 8262

Re: Are there any benefits from the Raspberry Pi using ARM?

... I'm of the opinion that you use the right tool for the job. Sometimes that's Linux, sometimes Windows, other times something totally different (BSD, MacOS, Solaris/Illumous, IRIX, RiscOS)
by Stephbaker
Tue Dec 04, 2018 4:13 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: A ton of question for raspberry pi.
Replies: 34
Views: 2780

Re: A ton of question for raspberry pi.

... Desktop, default config without any extras. About 8% (80MB) for Raspbian Lite (command line only) default config. About 5% (50MB) for a lite BSD installation. About 15% (150MB) for Ubuntu. About 2% (20MB) with a normal RISC OS config. I do not know about the other systems. And Here's how ...
by DavidS
Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:09 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: A ton of question for raspberry pi.
Replies: 34
Views: 2780

Re: A ton of question for raspberry pi.

... Desktop, default config without any extras. About 8% (80MB) for Raspbian Lite (command line only) default config. About 5% (50MB) for a lite BSD installation. About 15% (150MB) for Ubuntu. About 2% (20MB) with a normal RISC OS config. I do not know about the other systems. And Here's how ...
by ejolson
Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:29 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.
Replies: 38
Views: 5311

Re: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.

Unix is another antique that we still use to this day, in the form of Linux and BSD. How can we take this seriously when you conveniently ignore 27 years worth of improvements ? Wow, 27 years ago seems like just yesterday. I wonder when it will be finished? From ...
by jahboater
Wed Nov 28, 2018 11:34 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.
Replies: 38
Views: 5311

Re: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.

... still way older than Linux, though is the Unix that seems to have most directly in UNIX split long ago: Version 7 and then System 5 on one side. BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) on the other side. Apples MacOS is based on BSD UNIX as it was about 25 years ago. Solaris was a very good rewrite/copy ...
by DavidS
Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:29 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.
Replies: 38
Views: 5311

Re: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.

... those on which the most used OS on the RPi is based is worthwhile? Unix is another antique that we still use to this day, in the form of Linux and BSD. I'm not sure I understand what you are getting at. Sure Unix is old. There is nothing in Linux that is much the same as Unix. Except some high ...
by Heater
Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:47 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.
Replies: 38
Views: 5311

Re: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.

... those on which the most used OS on the RPi is based is worthwhile? Unix is another antique that we still use to this day, in the form of Linux and BSD. I'm not sure I understand what you are getting at. Sure Unix is old. There is nothing in Linux that is much the same as Unix. Except some high ...
by DavidS
Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:14 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.
Replies: 38
Views: 5311

Re: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.

Unix is another antique that we still use to this day, in the form of Linux and BSD. How can we take this seriously when you conveniently ignore 27 years worth of improvements ? PeterO I am not ignoring the progress, in fact I am asking people to look at the progress ...
by PeterO
Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:53 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.
Replies: 38
Views: 5311

Re: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.

DavidS wrote:
Wed Nov 28, 2018 5:42 pm
Unix is another antique that we still use to this day, in the form of Linux and BSD.
How can we take this seriously when you conveniently ignore 27 years worth of improvements ?
PeterO
by DavidS
Wed Nov 28, 2018 5:42 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.
Replies: 38
Views: 5311

Re: Putting the RPi in the perspective, looking Retro.

... those on which the most used OS on the RPi is based is worthwhile? Unix is another antique that we still use to this day, in the form of Linux and BSD.
by DavidS
Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:45 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: USB to ethernet adapter.
Replies: 3
Views: 339

Re: USB to ethernet adapter.

... support a few chips for USB Ethernet adaptors (including the one that is used for the main port on the RPi [yes it is USB]), Plan9 has only a few, BSD has a fairly wide range of support, others I am not sure of.
by ejolson
Mon Nov 26, 2018 4:02 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Why Avoid BASIC on RPi?
Replies: 2312
Views: 165382

Re: Why Avoid BASIC on RPi?

... in to this day, and it can run any command, it can make system calls to create windows, or use system calls to perform networking operations (BSD Socket style TCP/IP API), or it can do just about anything else, and it is a fairly fast interpreter. Instead of built-in features a scripting language ...

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