> Well, I don´t know if it qualifies as a moderm arm platform, but once > I´m done with some usb stuff I´m doing we at lsub plan to port plan 9 > to gumstix. > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:21 PM, ron minnich <rminn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 8:12 PM, <lu...@proxima.alt.za> wrote: >>>> I can help the DS10L. >>>> >>>> 1. open window >>>> 2. look out, make sure no one is in the areas >>>> 3. slide DS10L out window >>> >>> Sure, but how do you "keep Plan 9 honest" if no one checks >>> portability? >>> >> >> The Alpha is dead. It never ran 64-bit anyway. What are you proving >> running a dead machine in a dead mode? Your time is worth more than >> that. >> >> go with the arm. The problem is that time is short, we have few >> people, and putting lots of time into a dead machine really helps no >> one. >> >> The ARM is incredibly popular, wider usage than x86 from what I know, >> and much more interesting. I think an ARM port to modern ARM platform >> would really be wonderful. >> >> ron >> >>
That sounds interesting, especially given how cheap gumstix are. Ron suggested doing the same thing last spring but we never got to it. You can even get video systems for the gumstix, right? It would be fun to glue one of those to the back of an LCD and have a nice terminal :) John
