From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Wiley Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_A13485AD-C109-439B-93DC-5393282A2535" Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:34:39 +0000 In-Reply-To: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <4F687917.5040305@yahoo.fr> Message-Id: Subject: Re: [9fans] nice terminal... Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6c6a87ee-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --Apple-Mail=_A13485AD-C109-439B-93DC-5393282A2535 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I've been thinking about this for a while as well (I don't have one yet = though... so I haven't gone far beyond thinking) On Mar 20, 2012, at 1:32 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote: > 1. Broadcom drivers that are more locked down than Mr. Manson. >=20 There is a RiscOS port, perhaps that has something... > 2. The boot process is insanely weird. It's boots by bootstrapping the = GPU or something crazy. >=20 Perhaps we could port 9load to RiscOS? (like the pc version on dos) It = sounds like a simple cooperative multitasking os, but I'm no expert. I'm hoping to mess with this when mine ships (again, supposedly in may). --Apple-Mail=_A13485AD-C109-439B-93DC-5393282A2535 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

I've been thinking about this for a while as well (I don't have one yet though... so I haven't gone far beyond thinking)

On Mar 20, 2012, at 1:32 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote:

1. Broadcom drivers that are more locked down than Mr. Manson.

There is a RiscOS port, perhaps that has something...

2. The boot process is insanely weird. It's boots by bootstrapping the GPU or something crazy.

Perhaps we could port 9load to RiscOS? (like the pc version on dos) It sounds like a simple cooperative multitasking os, but I'm no expert.

I'm hoping to mess with this when mine ships (again, supposedly in may).

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