/prog/ - Remember back in the day...

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 16:45

When stuff like this was considered hot shit on IBM DOS 84386 machines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtCW-axRJV8

But Amiga and Atari were capable of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqS37B9-FXY

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 16:47

>>1
I meant 80486 machines, sorry for the typo!

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 17:04

Worth keeping in mind that second one was made in 2006, the first was made n 1993.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 17:15

If it ain't Lisp-Machine, it's crap.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 17:24

>>4
You are correct—except when we need colour graphics.

We should start a campaign to engineer a new Lispm. Or at least a LispDistro. EmacsOS?

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 17:29

>>5
LispDistro would serve no purpose, as it will inherit all Linux's deficiencies.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 18:04

>>6
Well. Still need drivers from somewhere.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 18:12

There's Movitz: http://common-lisp.net/project/movitz/movitz.html

"The Movitz system aspires to be an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp that targets the ubiquitous x86 PC architecture "on the metal". That is, running without any operating system or other form of software environment."

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 18:16

>>8
Too bad it's kinda deadish, but people are always welcome to start contributing.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 18:19

>>8-9
Attempting download –› 403 forbidden. Not very congenial. A time for sad faces.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 18:22

>>10
damn, it worked a couple of years back when I tried it.

>>9
come to think of it, I'm subscribed to movitz-devel, and I can't remember a letter in ages..

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 18:35

>>10
The host probably changed something and the author of movitz never got it fixed. You could probably contact whoever hosts common-lisp.net to get it fixed.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-21 18:50

>>7
HDD, Keyboard, mouse and graphics interfaces are standardized. AFAIK, all graphic cards support SVGA.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-22 8:34

TOO
BAD
LISP
SUCKS
DICKS

Name: VIPPER 2011-05-22 8:40

EmacsOS?
Did anyone ever try? I bet this would work quite well if done right.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-22 8:53

>>3
The linked to video also shows the demo running on a 68060, which architecturally corresponds to a Pentium. If someone's got a video of the demo running on a '030 I'd like to see how it compares.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-22 10:24

>>15
There are a few thoughts: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?EmacsAsOperatingSystem

But it looks like most contemporary Emacs hackers don't want to get their hands dirty with kernel guts.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-22 10:25

Actually, continuing that thought, if you REALLY have a thirst for a world of Lisp, go look here: http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2008/05/18/finally-got-open-genera-running/

Someone figured out how to get OpenGenera running on x86 using a forgotten page from the final days of Symbolics.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-22 11:11

Computer Science is a BULLSHIT degree. Learn a manly trade, like ENGINEERING.

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