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Linux On a Motorola 68000 Solder-less Breadboard

Posted by Soulskill on from the back-to-basics dept.

New submitter lars_stefan_axelsson writes: When I was an undergrad in the eighties, "building" a computer meant that you got a bunch of chips and a soldering iron and went to work. The art is still alive today, but instead of a running BASIC interpreter as the ultimate proof of success, today the crowning achievement is getting Linux to run: "What does it take to build a little 68000-based protoboard computer, and get it running Linux? In my case, about three weeks of spare time, plenty of coffee, and a strong dose of stubbornness. After banging my head against the wall with problems ranging from the inductance of pushbutton switches to memory leaks in the C standard library, it finally works! (video)"

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  1. Pretty cool by Virtucon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Beats playing Assassins Creed all day.

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    Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
  2. Re:LOL fag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, a Wang would be based on the older 8086 processor, this machine uses a 68000.

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