I highly doubt that this would work. Linux only works on Mac II's
(which have 68020's) that have a certain MMU. I imagine that as you
go to a 68000, even more stuff will be fouled up. There are also major
issues about I/O, installation, etc. I think that trying to port to
a TI would be a waste of time.
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Kenneth Arnold wrote:
> Just wondering: since Linux supports the M68k family
> down to the M68020 last I checked, would it be _even
> remotely possible_ to do a port to the TI-89 /
> TI-92[+], which are graphing calculators based on the
> M68000?
>
> Well, that is, without writing an emulator for a
> processor that it does support?
>
> I know that there must be some significant differences
> between the 68000 and the 68020 that make the former
> less capable, but it is so tantilizingly close...
>
> uClinux? port of ELKS?
>
> By the way, these TI calculators have a quite wide
> user base, especially among the "geek" high-school and
> college students, but they are notorious for crashing
> on compiled / assembled games and other programs and
> having odd differences in hardware and ROM versions.
> Having a Linux port would not only be cool, it would
> show off how stable and nice Linux is to possibly many
> more people.
>
> Now some M68k guy is going to tell me it isn't
> possible, and I'll get all disappointed and stuff :-(.
>
> But then some nice person will figure it out, and even
> submit a patch to get a kernel to boot ;-).
>
> ---
>
> Please CC to me when replying. Thanks.
>
> Kenneth
>
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