Linux @lemmy.ml bluemite @lemmy.world 2 mo. ago

Hacking wizard gets Linux to run on a 1971 processor, though it takes almost 5 days to boot the kernel

www.pcgamer.com Hacking wizard gets Linux to run on a 1971 processor, though it takes almost 5 days to boot the kernel

The real magic is that the chip has to emulate another old chip to manage the feat.

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Still better than Windows 11
- Well yeah. I mean, computers back then weren't just spyware in a Scooby Doo mask.
Hold on! I'm currently booting the kernel mentally. I've been at this for 2 weeks now....
- But can YOU run doom?
  
  i can run doom at 120fps with full ray tracing and Dolby surround sound, you just gotta take my word on it.
- here's MS-DOS if you want to duel boot! https://youtu.be/Y2L7_2Wvycc
  
  Hold on, I just need to clear a mental blockage: https://youtube.com/shorts/QSbUK1XzgCc?si=Ld8HkfJj4KDwloDr
5 days to boot. Damn. The dedication to get it to work is amazing

I hope he doesn’t have to patch it….
I agree with the reporter - he needs to port Doom to that mofo.
- 2 days per frame.
  
  Well have to start measuring at pixels per second if things get any slower
  
  At last I'll be able to get a decent accuracy score despite my oyster-like reflexes :)
Obligatory does it run doom comment
- We don't know yet, the first frame has been rendering for the last two weeks.
- It will run Doom at 60 frames per year
Next stop, we will make installing Linux on a Dead badger a reality.
- The nucleosome is Turing complete, so any day now.
- Doesn't count until it runs doom.
The 4004 is that tiny dip-16 chip the the top left, second box marked CPU. A working 4004 is worth around $300+ https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=intel+4004

They are quite the collectors item as the first microprocessor
Dmitry is a legend. Just look at the stuff on his website.
I think this kind of work is a good step towards Open Hardware.
- RISC-V for that though, no?
  
  Yes, and there are people who already worked on terminal screens using RISC-V. But any compatibility advancement is already an advancement for backtracking how those systems work. Therefore, an advancement in Open Hardware. If we can use those systems more efficiently, it's all the better.
Why?
- That's a question a hacker shouldn't ever ask.
  
  Doesn't*
  
  They're so preoccupied with wether they could, that they never stopped to think wether they should
- Why not?
  
  Because.
- Because you can.
  
  Or rather to find out if you can.
- Because it’s there.
6 W of power but no AND and OR The energyprices have to go up some more for me accept that trade off...
Probably still faster than my ThinkPad 11e at video streaming
Emulator again?

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