[Gllug] The BBC and Microsoft.

[Dan Kolb]

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On Sunday 28 Oct 2001 18:20 pm, Dylan wrote:
> On Sunday 28 October 2001 10:02, you wrote:
> .. It might be worth including computer construction, set-up, use, and
>
> > programming information, after all it is a long time since the BBC
> > produced the series that introduced the public to computing with the "A",
> > "B", and "Master" series.
>
> Does anyone know if a Linux (-like) system could be coaxed into running on
> one of the BBC micros (or any 6502-based) board?

Somehow, probably not. The 6502 is an 8-bit CPU (IIRC), 
non-multitasking/multi-threading. And the BBCs only had 32K memory (model B), 
the Master had 128k. Good luck if you can get a Unix-like OS on there. 
Possibly with some really, really ugly and fudged assembler code.

Dan
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