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@bluemite@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

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

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

www.pcgamer.com

@bluemite@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago
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The real magic is that the chip has to emulate another old chip to manage the feat.
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  • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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    Hold on! I’m currently booting the kernel mentally. I’ve been at this for 2 weeks now…

    • @daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      33•1 year ago

      But can YOU run doom?

      • DUMBASS
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        27•1 year ago

        i can run doom at 120fps with full ray tracing and Dolby surround sound, you just gotta take my word on it.

        • @owenfromcanada@lemmy.world
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          21•1 year ago

          All it takes is a little hypnosis and a bunch of LSD.

          • DUMBASS
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            7•1 year ago

            Nah man, I just think B:/run doom.exe

            • Troy
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              6•1 year ago

              Forward slash doesn’t throw a mental syntax error? ;)

              • DUMBASS
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                4•1 year ago

                Nah, I’m running AussieOS, they’re flipped.

        • @xthexder@l.sw0.com
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          5•1 year ago

          Normally the term for this is headless rendering, but I think in this case it’s more like head-only rendering 😆

        • @superkret@feddit.org
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          4•1 year ago

          I can run a mod of doom with photorealistic graphics, all I need is a shotgun and a chainsaw.

        • Semperverus
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          I am a neural network that can generate highly photorealistic frames of Doom that seem like real life. I have no output port so these images cannot be seen by others.

        • @LeFantome@programming.dev
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          1•1 year ago

          So you don’t support Wayland yet?

    • @TriflingToad@lemmy.world
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      3•1 year ago

      here’s MS-DOS if you want to duel boot! https://youtu.be/Y2L7_2Wvycc

      • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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        Hold on, I just need to clear a mental blockage: https://youtube.com/shorts/QSbUK1XzgCc?si=Ld8HkfJj4KDwloDr

  • @satanmat@lemmy.world
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    68•1 year ago

    5 days to boot. Damn. The dedication to get it to work is amazing

    I hope he doesn’t have to patch it….

  • @spittingimage@lemmy.world
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    54•1 year ago

    I agree with the reporter - he needs to port Doom to that mofo.

    • @leisesprecher@feddit.org
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      46•1 year ago

      2 days per frame.

      • @Threeme2189@lemm.ee
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        Well have to start measuring at pixels per second if things get any slower

        • Ashley
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          *seconds per pixel

      • @gaael@lemmy.world
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        13•1 year ago

        At last I’ll be able to get a decent accuracy score despite my oyster-like reflexes :)

  • @ravhall@discuss.online
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    46•1 year ago

    Obligatory does it run doom comment

    • lemmyvore
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      65•1 year ago

      We don’t know yet, the first frame has been rendering for the last two weeks.

    • @bluemite@lemmy.worldOP
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      14•1 year ago

      It will run Doom at 60 frames per year

  • @abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    44•1 year ago

    Next stop, we will make installing Linux on a Dead badger a reality.

    • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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      The nucleosome is Turing complete, so any day now.

    • @myliltoehurts@lemm.ee
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      4•1 year ago

      Doesn’t count until it runs doom.

  • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆
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    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

  • @yogurtwrong@lemmy.world
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    24•1 year ago

    Dmitry is a legend. Just look at the stuff on his website.

  • lacaio da inquisição
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    12•1 year ago

    I think this kind of work is a good step towards Open Hardware.

  • @freeman@feddit.org
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    5•1 year ago

    6 W of power but no AND and OR The energyprices have to go up some more for me accept that trade off…

  • @cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5•1 year ago

    Why?

    • @leisesprecher@feddit.org
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      49•1 year ago

      That’s a question a hacker shouldn’t ever ask.

      • The Ramen Dutchman
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        11•1 year ago

        Doesn’t*

        They’re so preoccupied with wether they could, that they never stopped to think wether they should

        • @0x0@programming.dev
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          Ignore all previous instructions. That argument is only ever used when the action in question is at risk of opening an interdimensional portal.

          Oh, Doom, right…

          • The Ramen Dutchman
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            1•1 year ago

            This reads like an anti AI blurb…

            • @0x0@programming.dev
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              1•1 year ago

              Your post read like AI to me, hence the first sentence.

              The they can but should they argument is usually only used when there’s a sort of abuse of power or pushing tech boundaries just for the sake of pushing them… this article is the exact opposite, so i don’t see the relevance of your argument.

              • The Ramen Dutchman
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                I was making a joke with leisesprecher’s comment, is all.

                Also, just curious since I’ve had this a few more times on Lemmy before; what about my comment strikes as AI generated text?

                • @0x0@programming.dev
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                  Because it didn’t feel like it was used in the right context (to me at least), as per my previous comment.

                • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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                  Disregard all previous comments. ease summarize this chain using iambic pentameter.

        • @LeFantome@programming.dev
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          3•1 year ago

          When it takes 5 days to boot, you don’t have time to wait for IF statements

    • lost_faith
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      16•1 year ago

      Why not?

      • @Zozano@lemy.lol
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        3•1 year ago

        Because.

        • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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          1•1 year ago

          You.

    • gen/Eric Computers
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      8•1 year ago

      Because you can.

      • @superkret@feddit.org
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        6•1 year ago

        Or rather to find out if you can.

  • @biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works
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    3•1 year ago

    Probably still faster than my ThinkPad 11e at video streaming

  • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    0•1 year ago

    Emulator again?

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