bill.martens@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 29, 11:20 pm, The Wizard of Oz <wiz...@emeraldcity.gov> wrote: Do keep in mind that SunSoft (Interactive) UNIX would load into 4mb and run X11 in 16mb on a 386/20 machine. Of course it came on 27 5.25 inch floppies. If that could be done in 4mb with the minimum system, linux should be able to rewritten to run on the II GS.
Perhaps, but even a 386 is two generations beyond a 65816. I actually developed X11 device drivers on a 386/20 on a 4MB machine. It took half a day just to compile a change to the ddx layer and link it all. Never mind a full build. I was quickly upgraded to 16MB :-) Even that took quite some time to compile and link. Just because you can, doesn't always mean you should. However, I think a much more attainable project would be to write a VNC client. Along with the Uthernet card, you could have a nice retro X client. VNC uses a small enough subset of the X protocol to easily implement on a IIgs.
Dave...