The processor in the BBB has a Cortex-A8 core. It's nicer than the processor in the RasPi in just about every way, but still only 32-bit.
I installed SlackwareARM on my BBB; I don't really think 'port' is the right word to use, as all I really did was compile a kernel. And even then, I could have copied one from another distro...
I'm thinking of it (using https://github.com/dwelch67/raspberrypi as a tutorial), but seeing that I just got around to writing "Hello, world!" in an x86 boot sector a few weeks ago (and that's cheating since I'm able to use the BIOS), I might be a while:-P
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Thanks! I agree about the coolness factor. (The Pi is easier to obtain now, but maybe in 35 years a working one will be more interesting.) The only reason I have the VT101 is because a friend, who was working as a research assistant at a university at the time, cleaned his office and left it sitting in the hallway to be trashed before I saw it and asked if I could keep it.
I should install SIMH on the Pi and get Adventure and Dungeon running in something resembling their original forms. Plus it would amuse me to have a DEC mainframe emulated on something smaller than a hard drive, attached to a real DEC terminal:-)
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For bonus points, someone do this on a Raspberry Pi.:-)
One of the first things I did with my Pi was hook it up to a VT101 terminal and run Colossal Cave Adventure and Dungeon (the free version of Zork) on it. But there was still a modern Linux (or at least as modern as SlackwareARM gets) running underneath of them, so it's nowhere near as interesting as booting directly into the game.:-P
My PIN is 9999, it'll be the last number it could possibly try!
And I'm sure in the 20 hours it takes to get that far, someone will notice and say "hey, Bob, why is there an android trying to break into your Android phone?"
They're based upon Quake 3, but might not be identical to it. Compare to Heretic and Hexen, both of which were based upon Doom but added things like an inventory and flight abilities. (Both of those games were also from Raven.)
I think their top sellers list only covers the last week or so, because most or all of the games on it were on sale last weekend.
There's lists of games that use DOSBox here and here. They're a year or two out of date but probably not far off, since most of the recent additions to GOG.com are Windows games from the late 1990s or 2000s or modern indie games.
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My PRS-650 was one of the few Sony products I've ever used that didn't suck.
Then again, I never installed the software that came with it -- only calibre.
I remember it by its full form: Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Piles Of Putrid Debris
About 18.2 De Loreans.
In Soviet astrophotography, atmosphere adds lens flare!
I've only ever had the online version. Apparently someone recently converted it to Markdown (hopefully the generated epub is better than the one I made from the PDF files a while back).
The processor in the BBB has a Cortex-A8 core. It's nicer than the processor in the RasPi in just about every way, but still only 32-bit.
I installed SlackwareARM on my BBB; I don't really think 'port' is the right word to use, as all I really did was compile a kernel. And even then, I could have copied one from another distro...
Presumably the same one that designed the air shield for planet Druidia.
I can watch The Simpsons from 30 blocks away!
Let's see what's in the box!
Looking at my UID: no, he's not :-D
I'm thinking of it (using https://github.com/dwelch67/raspberrypi as a tutorial), but seeing that I just got around to writing "Hello, world!" in an x86 boot sector a few weeks ago (and that's cheating since I'm able to use the BIOS), I might be a while :-P
Badgers?
Badgers?!?!
We don't need no stinking badgers!!!!
Thanks! I agree about the coolness factor. (The Pi is easier to obtain now, but maybe in 35 years a working one will be more interesting.) The only reason I have the VT101 is because a friend, who was working as a research assistant at a university at the time, cleaned his office and left it sitting in the hallway to be trashed before I saw it and asked if I could keep it.
I should install SIMH on the Pi and get Adventure and Dungeon running in something resembling their original forms. Plus it would amuse me to have a DEC mainframe emulated on something smaller than a hard drive, attached to a real DEC terminal :-)
One of the first things I did with my Pi was hook it up to a VT101 terminal and run Colossal Cave Adventure and Dungeon (the free version of Zork) on it. But there was still a modern Linux (or at least as modern as SlackwareARM gets) running underneath of them, so it's nowhere near as interesting as booting directly into the game. :-P
An article for WinNT turning 20, but nothing for Slackware when it did the same 10 days ago? What is wrong with you, Slashdot?
Wait, don't answer that...
My PIN is 9999, it'll be the last number it could possibly try!
And I'm sure in the 20 hours it takes to get that far, someone will notice and say "hey, Bob, why is there an android trying to break into your Android phone?"
Sounds like Eric Meyer's HYDESim from 2005.
middle.of.nowhere
I used to believe in gravity, then I tripped up the stairs.
Those were different characters... from a certain point of view.
Yeah, probably,
A dwarf console is still a console!
They're based upon Quake 3, but might not be identical to it. Compare to Heretic and Hexen, both of which were based upon Doom but added things like an inventory and flight abilities. (Both of those games were also from Raven.)
And then Jesus showed up and endorsed binary counting:
"All you need to say is simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one."
-- Matthew 5:37
I think their top sellers list only covers the last week or so, because most or all of the games on it were on sale last weekend.
There's lists of games that use DOSBox here and here. They're a year or two out of date but probably not far off, since most of the recent additions to GOG.com are Windows games from the late 1990s or 2000s or modern indie games.