On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 01:11:42PM -0400, Smith, Todd wrote:
> I was doing some cleanup in a storage room and discovered a Apple Newton
> Message Pad 110 lying unused. It is powered by a 20MHz ARM610 processor.
> Has anyone even attempted to port Linux to such a plaform?
It looks like there's basic support for the ARM610 processor. However, I
don't think the Newton would be an easy target:
Memory includes 4 megabyte of ROM containing the
operating system and PDA software, plus 1 megabyte of RAM, of
which about 485 kilobyte are available for the user.
> The Linux/ARM FAQ doesn't mention the Newton or any of its clones at all.
> It does mention that the ARM610 is a supported processor, so there is at
> least that much of the work has already been done. I am sure that Apple
> priortery chipsewts might be difficult to information on but the m68K and
> PPC groups have menaged to do so.
The core CPU is supported, and rather open. ARM Inc. was created by
Acorn and Apple specifically to develop the ARM600/610. However, getting
documetation on the peripherals is another matter entirely...
-Jon
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