From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q6Lpc-0006hE-4d for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:51:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 37E721C005; Sun, 3 Apr 2011 11:49:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f53.google.com (mail-pz0-f53.google.com [209.85.210.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58D81C005 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2011 11:49:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk3 with SMTP id 3so1677898pzk.40 for ; Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:49:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=F7af6sL3IcPJrAG7Ej3jSI99WVg8hOpOH2gQJNgUTzQ=; b=oFjNSWJxZxTcUHfqjMHOJGxClTDEBVg6+0c6CHk8j7RzHJDlQm/Hb9gud4G97huk+9 gv72y8NB7TpikkGZHzYHY7+eaJihofS09ebLAczxMunvMt0hwVsZPNvhTjca/wYUwHae 2CG+rlCAywjnInZ5qEqAF/dpodH5EKuinuTbQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=fDsHa7BxkZRFMkLYG/Awkc/1u0q6Y2kMeBzTlZpQFn8VPzAJ9733Kyrrlz0LNI+Zth 0sOEWMdLXfzXIXIhm6rKQukgOvFWZucnimnr76SelywkjQzdls5v+zHZSi8iGkl5eEjc yPGlqAxpHPQylWpD/9selVgTJbFAqXgI41yRU= Received: by 10.142.56.18 with SMTP id e18mr3253197wfa.122.1301831372427; Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:49:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.32.2] (110-174-198-154.static.tpgi.com.au [110.174.198.154]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s41sm5949308wfc.3.2011.04.03.04.49.28 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:49:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4D985ECA.70500@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:49:30 +1000 From: Jake Moe User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110321 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.9 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How low can you go? References: <1301684371.55806.3.camel@victoria> <1301689709.145877.12.camel@victoria> <1301745957.652513.5.camel@victoria> <4D9713CB.50203@gmail.com> <4D97D6F4.50707@gmail.com> <20110403104724.6e6894fb@digimed.co.uk> <4D984620.4060707@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D984620.4060707@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 7903f8929692779559a535266c78fb7b On 04/03/11 20:04, Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:09:56 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> I wonder if we could put Linux on a old Vic-20? I think I got one out >>> in the old shed somewhere. >>> >> It's been done on a C-64, but I think a 3.5KB box with no mass storage >> might be a little too challenging. >> >> > > I had the little cassette thing to store my stuff on. I think the OS > in on a ROM which would be hard to get around unless the ROM was > changed. Then it may not really be a Vic-20 anymore. I'm not sure > about the C64 since I got me a 20Mhz oscilloscope to work on TVs and > stuff. I still got the scope tho. > > My biggest use for my old Vic-20 was a alarm clock. Worked fine > unless the power went out. Well, that sounds like todays alarm > clock. lol I guess some things never change. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > The ol' Vic-20 was my first computer as well. I remember you had two choices; boot from a cartridge (usually a game, Radar Rat Race was one of my favourites), or boot from the internal O/S. if you chose the latter, you could (IIRC) issue a "load " and it would go to the cassette tape drive and start reading, so very very slowly, the tape from the beginning and try to find a program with the name you specified. I had a subscription to "Compute" magazine, and entered the programs from there in either Basic or binary, and was amazed at what it could do. I even tried to do some of my own programs in Basic, but at about 6-8 years old, it was a bit beyond me. :-P Jake