From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1438807170.25051.YahooMailBasic@web184703.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1438807170.25051.YahooMailBasic@web184703.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> From: Nick Owens Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 18:13:05 -0700 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms Topicbox-Message-UUID: 653b6662-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 brian, i have started work on porting 9front to http://www.elinux.org/MIPS_Creator_CI20. this board has quite a number of features, and might be useful for education if the cost isn't prohibitive. nick On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 6:09 PM, Brian L. Stuart wrote: > I'm teaching a special topics course this fall I'm > calling Computing in the Small. Right now, I'm > leaning toward conducting it on a platform that > runs Plan 9. I'm looking for something based on > ARM or MIPS and that has some useful connection > to the external world in the form of GPIOs. SPI, > I2C, and analog I/O would be nice to have too. > Obviously, the Raspberry Pi is a candidate. What > are some others? I've seen some code in the > source tree for the BBB. Has anyone tried it out > to see what is and isn't there? How about the > Banana Pi? The SATA port on it is quite appealing. > Some of the other options I've been looking at > include the VIA APC Rock and Paper, the Phytec > Cosmic, the CubieBoard, the Odroid, the Riotboard, > and the Wandboard. Has anyone done anything > on porting Plan 9 to any of them? Are there others > I'm missing that would be good targets for such a class? > > Thanks in advance, > BLS > > >