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

2 years ago by bluemite to c/linux

The real magic is that the chip has to emulate another old chip to manage the feat.
NegativeLookBehind 99 points 2 years ago
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EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted 49 points 2 years ago

Well yeah. I mean, computers back then weren't just spyware in a Scooby Doo mask.

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werefreeatlast 92 points 2 years ago

Hold on! I'm currently booting the kernel mentally. I've been at this for 2 weeks now....

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daniskarma 33 points 2 years ago

But can YOU run doom?

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dumbass 26 points 2 years ago

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

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owenfromcanada 21 points 2 years ago

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

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dumbass 7 points 2 years ago

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

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xthexder 5 points 2 years ago

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

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superkret 4 points 2 years ago

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

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semperverus 1 point 2 years ago

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.

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LeFantome 1 point 2 years ago

So you don’t support Wayland yet?

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TriflingToad 3 points 2 years ago path: 0 12568015 12583702, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
werefreeatlast 1 point 2 years ago path: 0 12568015 12583702 12584874, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
satanmat 69 points 2 years ago

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

I hope he doesn’t have to patch it
.

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spittingimage 53 points 2 years ago

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

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leisesprecher 46 points 2 years ago

2 days per frame.

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Threeme2189 24 points 2 years ago

Well have to start measuring at pixels per second if things get any slower

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ashley 5 points 2 years ago

*seconds per pixel

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gaael 13 points 2 years ago

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

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ravhall 45 points 2 years ago

Obligatory does it run doom comment

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lemmyvore 66 points 2 years ago

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

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bluemite 13 points 2 years ago

It will run Doom at 60 frames per year

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abbiistabbii 43 points 2 years ago

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

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tetris11 11 points 2 years ago

The nucleosome is Turing complete, so any day now.

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myliltoehurts 4 points 2 years ago

Doesn't count until it runs doom.

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j4k3 39 points 2 years ago path: 0 12566249, hotness: undefined, score: 39, children: 0
yogurtwrong 23 points 2 years ago

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

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obbeel 11 points 2 years ago

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

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x00za 2 points 2 years ago
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obbeel 2 points 2 years ago

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.

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cy_narrator 5 points 2 years ago

Why?

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leisesprecher 49 points 2 years ago

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

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lord_ryvan 11 points 2 years ago

Doesn't*

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

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0x0 6 points 2 years ago

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...

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lord_ryvan 1 point 2 years ago

This reads like an anti AI blurb...

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LeFantome 3 points 2 years ago

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

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lost_faith 16 points 2 years ago

Why not?

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Zozano 3 points 2 years ago

Because.

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tetris11 1 point 2 years ago

You.

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generic_computers 8 points 2 years ago

Because you can.

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superkret 6 points 2 years ago

Or rather to find out if you can.

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RightEdofer 2 points 2 years ago
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freeman 5 points 2 years ago

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

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biggerbogboy 3 points 2 years ago

Probably still faster than my ThinkPad 11e at video streaming

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MonkderVierte 0 points 2 years ago

Emulator again?

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