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On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:09:56 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>>> I wonder if we could put Linux on a old Vic-20? I think I got one out |
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>>> in the old shed somewhere. |
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>> It's been done on a C-64, but I think a 3.5KB box with no mass storage |
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>> might be a little too challenging. |
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> I had the little cassette thing to store my stuff on. I think the OS in on |
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> a ROM which would be hard to get around unless the ROM was changed. Then it |
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> may not really be a Vic-20 anymore. I'm not sure about the C64 since I got |
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> me a 20Mhz oscilloscope to work on TVs and stuff. I still got the scope |
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> tho. |
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The first UNIX system was on a PDP-7 with 8K of memory and loaded by |
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paper tape... so you never know what might be possible. :) |
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