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by DavidS
Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:05 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.
by DavidS
Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:58 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Raspberry Pi 3 can handle Multi programs and processes?
Replies: 11
Views: 1093

Re: Raspberry Pi 3 can handle Multi programs and processes?

As it sounds like you are asking about parallel processing without an OS, yes it can be done relatively simply on the RPi 3. Though you may be better of to do so in an OS like Linux, BSD, MINIX, Plan9, or Ultibo.
by DavidS
Fri Nov 23, 2018 11:30 pm
Forum: Bare metal, Assembly language
Topic: Help with this assembly code
Replies: 26
Views: 5704

Re: Help with this assembly code

... change in the standard, making note of it. I will definitely have to look up the newer standard so I can get it correct when talking to Linux/BSD users. I admit I am accustomed to RISC OS, and the way it does things. I will also double check the errata on APCS as there may have been an error ...
by rihiii
Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:19 am
Forum: General programming discussion
Topic: Installing Mercury API
Replies: 1
Views: 3558

Installing Mercury API

... have to know how to install it, or is it even possible on raspi as there are only these options: README.AIX RS/6000 systems running AIX README.FreeBSD The FreeBSD version of BSD Unix on Intel x86 README.HPUX HPPA systems running HPUX README.IRIX-5 SGI IRIX version 5.x README.Linux Linux on Intel ...
by DavidS
Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:25 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: WIP: A new learning Toy OS, for the RPi 3B.
Replies: 31
Views: 7152

Re: WIP: A new learning Toy OS, for the RPi 3B.

YANGTOS will be licensed under the 2-clause BSD License. See: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause I realised that the 2-clause BSD license is effectively identicle to the MIT license in its permissiveness, and further the 2-clause BSD ...
by DavidS
Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:01 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: WIP: A new learning Toy OS, for the RPi 3B.
Replies: 31
Views: 7152

Re: WIP: A new learning Toy OS, for the RPi 3B.

Now I need to figure out what license, before I begin posting code. So how should I license the source? I was thinking either a 2 clause BSD license or a MIT license. I want a minimal of restrictions to the use of the code (it is intended for learning), while keeping some small note of where ...
by DavidS
Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:09 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: WIP: A new learning Toy OS, for the RPi 3B.
Replies: 31
Views: 7152

WIP: A new learning Toy OS, for the RPi 3B.

... for those that would like to follow along the url to the site where I am putting everything is: https://asmfun.riscos.fr/osdev/index.html USING BSD 2 CLAUSE LICENSE After a good amount of debate about the license, primarily between the MIT and 2 clause BSD licenses I have settled on using a ...
by DavidS
Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:12 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Operating Systems:
Replies: 27
Views: 7115

Re: Operating Systems:

Actually it may be doable to get a BSD user-space up and running on a simple hobby OS, something to get people interested in learning. I am thinking about the series I want to write about Operating System design, and how to make it useful ...
by DavidS
Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:53 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Operating Systems:
Replies: 27
Views: 7115

Re: Operating Systems:

... login, replace the windowing system (something that still uses the XCB/XLIB API though is not client server and is synchronous). The user space is BSD style, using a lot of NetBSD for the user space programs. Now if there were just a Raspberry Pi port.
by k-pi
Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:11 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Q. Is a Raspberry Pi a good computer for internet banking / shopping?
Replies: 27
Views: 2691

Re: Q. Is a Raspberry Pi a good computer for internet banking / shopping?

... before). :) If someone is determined, I don't have enough experience to counter them, even though I have been using Linux, (& sometimes BSD), since 1999, but I try to protect myself as best I can. 8-)
by n67
Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:13 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: Possible to break dependencies? I.e., Install a package w/o its dependencies?
Replies: 10
Views: 974

Possible to break dependencies? I.e., Install a package w/o its dependencies?

... I've been able to "apt install at". However, now, when I just tried it, it wanted to install a whole bunch of other, er, stuff. Specifically, bsd-mail and all the related stuff. On the surface, this makes sense, since Raspbian does not include the mail transport stuff by default (either the ...
by AnneCreek
Fri Oct 12, 2018 4:46 pm
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: wpa_cli gets stuck - no access to wpa_supplicant until reboot
Replies: 7
Views: 2464

Re: wpa_cli gets stuck - no access to wpa_supplicant until reboot

... wpa_supplicant v2.4 Copyright (c) 2003-2015, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. See README for more details. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/) ...
by AnneCreek
Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:30 pm
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: p2p-dev-wlan0 or wlan0 - what is the difference ?
Replies: 2
Views: 5424

p2p-dev-wlan0 or wlan0 - what is the difference ?

... And why ? wpa_cli v2.4 Copyright (c) 2004-2015, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. See README for more details. Selected interface 'p2p-dev-wlan0' Interactive mode Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: p2p-dev-wlan0 - re-trying
by AnneCreek
Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:39 pm
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: wpa_cli gets stuck - no access to wpa_supplicant until reboot
Replies: 7
Views: 2464

wpa_cli gets stuck - no access to wpa_supplicant until reboot

... wpa_cli wpa_cli v2.4 Copyright (c) 2004-2015, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. See README for more details. Interactive mode Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: (nil) - re-trying ^Cpi@pi:/ $ sudo reboot Connection ...
by epoch1970
Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:20 pm
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Get incoming connections from multiple network interfaces
Replies: 1
Views: 466

Re: Get incoming connections from multiple network interfaces

... to implement the strong host model and more. Best solution. - you can hack your way around with iptables/netfilter (not recommended) Unfortunately BSD lacks Pi3 built-in wifi support...
by k-pi
Sun Oct 07, 2018 3:54 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How can I backup a Raspberry PI sd card?
Replies: 14
Views: 2646

Re: How can I backup a Raspberry PI sd card?

It will be an exact copy, byte for byte, of your original card, yes it is an 'image' file, extensions have little to no effect on Linux/BSD, unlike MS Windows. 8-)
by k-pi
Sun Oct 07, 2018 3:37 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Simple/quick/easy way to mount a UFS partition on a Pi over USB?
Replies: 5
Views: 999

Re: Simple/quick/easy way to mount a UFS partition on a Pi over USB?

As you still have laptops, what I would do is install OpenBSD to a pendrive, boot that up on your laptop, attach your drive with the files on it, then copy them to your other drive. Else, install OpenBSD onto the drive with the files, into one of the ...
by jmoura
Sun Oct 07, 2018 4:47 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: wpa_state=DISCONNECTED
Replies: 3
Views: 2276

wpa_state=DISCONNECTED

... all ok. wpa_cli v2.4 Copyright (c) 2004-2015, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. See README for more details. Selected interface 'p2p-dev-wlan0' Interactive mode > interface Available interfaces: p2p-dev-wlan0 wlan0 ...
by tpyo kingg
Sat Oct 06, 2018 9:50 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Change passwordless password
Replies: 15
Views: 763

Re: Change passwordless password

... are connecting using PuTTY then there is a middle step needed to convert the public key to a normal SSH key. If you are using OSX (or any other *BSD) or any GNU/Linux on your workstation, but not using PuTTY, then: cd ~/.ssh/ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f original.rpi.ed25519 -C "budgie from the desktop" ...
by Ernst
Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:22 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Viewing XP computer HDD from Pi over network
Replies: 13
Views: 1448

Re: Viewing XP computer HDD from Pi over network

... user time server = no guest account = pi socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 load printers = no printing = bsd printcap name = /dev/null disable spoolss = yes [HDD1] comment = Pi Drive HDD path = /mnt/hdd1 writable = yes public = yes guest only = yes browsable ...
by Andal
Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:25 pm
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: OpenVPN Layer 2 Site-to-Site
Replies: 14
Views: 9116

OpenVPN Layer 2 Site-to-Site

... # # configurations (See the Examples page # # on the web site for more info). # # # # This config should work on Windows # # or Linux/BSD systems. Remember on # # Windows to quote pathnames and use # # double backslashes, e.g.: # # "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\foo.key" # # ...
by k-pi
Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:12 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: Having trouble watching videos in VLC?
Replies: 16
Views: 1071

Re: Having trouble watching videos in VLC?

That being the case, it wasn't clear from their sample command that it would bypass the system it was running on. :shock:

Could do with clearer info.

(Just in case you think I'm a newbie, I'm not, I've been using Linux & BSD since 1999.)
by PelegPLT
Sat Sep 15, 2018 12:58 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: Raspberry Pi suddenly throws FAILEDs on boot
Replies: 11
Views: 3058

Re: Raspberry Pi suddenly throws FAILEDs on boot

... SD card on windows and no chance it's full. Just because you can read from the card does not mean it is still good. I have had one SD Card with BSD fail, it still reads well, though trying to write to it is hit or miss. sorry for the late response, how do I check it's status? Also, does the ...
by bzt
Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:12 am
Forum: General programming discussion
Topic: Truly portable lightweight GUI toolkit?
Replies: 17
Views: 5285

Re: Truly portable lightweight GUI toolkit?

Just for the records, MacOSX supports Xlib since the BSD rewrite. Older versions needed a special X11.App to provide the Xserver (installed by default), but now it's totally integrated. Back to your original question, the closest to your spec (that ...
by DavidS
Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:37 pm
Forum: General programming discussion
Topic: Truly portable lightweight GUI toolkit?
Replies: 17
Views: 5285

Truly portable lightweight GUI toolkit?

... a few important ones). I would rather use C. Platform Support: Minimally would have to already be available on Win32/Win64, unixen with X (Linux, BSD, MiNIX, Solaris, Darwin, etc), RISC OS, TOS/MultiTOS + GEM, HaikuOS/BeOS, AROS, and Syllable. These are the most common OS's in use today, thus ...

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