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posted by n1 on Monday June 15 2015, @07:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the schematics?-forget-it dept.

From the BigMessOfWires (BMOW) site:

What does it take to build a little 68000-based protoboard computer, and get it running Linux? In my case, about three weeks of spare time, plenty of coffee, and a strong dose of stubborness. After banging my head against the wall with problems ranging from the inductance of pushbutton switches to memory leaks in the C standard library, it finally works! I've built several other DIY computer systems before, but never took their software beyond simple assembly language programs. Having a full-fledged multitasking OS running on this ugly pile of chips and wires is a thrill, and opens up all kinds of interesting new possibilities. I've named this plucky little machine 68 Katy.

There is a video of just over 5 minutes duration, and a good description of how he did it - but it was no easy task. He eventually had to settle for a linux kernel version of "2.0.39, that dates all the way back to 2001!" For those who, like me, still like to get their hands 'dirty' it is an interesting project.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @08:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @08:14AM (#196393)

    I had a feeling of deja-vu when reading TFS, then I went to the actual article and there it is "November 17th, 2014".

    But then, why the deja-vu? Where did I read that again? oh maybe, right there : http://build.slashdot.org/story/14/11/22/1424227/linux-on-a-motorola-68000-solder-less-breadboard [slashdot.org]

    mmmh, but I haven't been on that website for ages, so what can it be? Could it be??? yep, right there https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/11/19/0819203 [soylentnews.org]

    Really SN?

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  • (Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Monday June 15 2015, @08:18AM

    by Dr Spin (5239) on Monday June 15 2015, @08:18AM (#196396)

    Probably posted every year since 1984. but I was not on SN then, so I don't know.

    Why the hell not use a 68020 - at least the memory management worked properly.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by janrinok on Monday June 15 2015, @08:26AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 15 2015, @08:26AM (#196397) Journal

    Mea culpa - I didn't notice the date when I submitted the story, and I'd edited the previous story too!

    • (Score: 2) by fnj on Monday June 15 2015, @09:46AM

      by fnj (1654) on Monday June 15 2015, @09:46AM (#196410)

      I was happy to have my day brightened by seeing this story today/

  • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @06:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 15 2015, @06:32PM (#196603)

    Look I know you come the site everyday. You also remember every story posted.

    I dont on either of those accounts. This is new to me. I also do not dig thru the archives...

  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Monday June 15 2015, @08:31PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 15 2015, @08:31PM (#196636)

    After the first 68k article i started dabbling on my own: http://imgur.com/RjFqW08 [imgur.com]

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