Re: The Internet-enabled Contiki Desktop OS

["Adam Dunkels" <adam@dunkels.net>]

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:49:34 +0000, Martijn van Buul wrote:
>> Wow... would it be possible to squeeze something like Contiki into the
>> 11/20 or the 11/15?
> 
> The 11/20 and 11/15 typically have only 12KW of core, that's probably
> going to be a bit tight. Another issue is that you do want to run some
> kind of OS too, and since most PDP11 OS'es are still covered by expensive
> licenses. The only "usuable" free OS I know of is 2.11BSD, but that
> requires a more modern CPU. (22-bit adressing, 512KW memory). It'll run
> happily on an emulator, though.

Are there any special reasons for running an OS underneath Contiki?
Memory protection and drivers? If so, couldn't these be implemented in
Contiki instead?

>> Does the PDP-11 C compiler have a 8-bit datatype? If not, uIP will not
>> work.
> 
> Well, *this* compiler does - (unsigned) char comes to mind.

Good! There are systems (mostly DSPs) which don't have an 8-bit
datatype where char is 16 bits wide...

/adam
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