Re: A86: New idea for a shell that uses SPinterface


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Re: A86: New idea for a shell that uses SPinterface



At 01:09 AM 9/5/97 -0400, you wrote:
>On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Chris Goetschius wrote:
>
>> how about a "Shell" that runs off a sort of linux kernel? to get the
>> memory, a 30pin simms could be attached to a spinterface, or later 72
>> pin. The linux kernel oculd create a ramdisk for storing stuff. I think
>> it has great potential, but it would be a little bulky. If it is
>> possible, that would probably be the best thing available.
>
>Does anyone know if the 86 has a removable ROM, or is it just like the 85?
>If the ROM is removable, we could put a mini Linux kernel and several
>pared-down GNU apps into it.  Check out http://www.linux.org.uk . There's
>an ongoing project to port Linux to sundry small-time processors like the 
>8088, 68000, and Z80.  If I remember correctly, the kernel is about 120KB,
>which is only about 1/4 of the TI-86 ROM size.  We could probably strip it
>down even further, considering the limited number of devices we'd have to
>support.
>
>It probably doesn't have a removable ROM, though.

That's really not practical.  While Linux is being ported to everything
under the sun, I don't think anyone would be willing to take out a ROM chip
just to have Linux on their calc.

I don't think TI would have a removable chip, because they odn't want
people like us messing around too much with the calculators. ;)

>
>--------
>Dan Eble (mailto:eble@cis..ohio-state.edu)
>         (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~eble)
>
>


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