An ADAM Hmmm question...

[Inky]

I just was wondering, with all the news about Linux being ported to all sorts of computers and game systems lately, if one could compile a version of Linux for the ADAM. Is there an z-80 based distro of Linux, or is it purely a Intel OS?

[desiv]

It's not a purely Intel OS..

 

But it's doubtful that the Z80 could handle it...

 

No memory management would make it difficult. (Tho there is a distro for MMUless Motorolla 68K series processors..)

 

I don't think there's any one looking at it..

 

More realistically would be a port of Kontiki, since there are Z80 versions being worked on, tho no mention of an Adam version as of yet...

 

desiv

[Curt Vendel]

Isn't there a micro-linux type kernal running on C64's ???

 

 

 

Curt

[desiv]

I'd forgotten about that one!!!

http://lng.sourceforge.net/

 

LUnix...

or LNG...

 

It's a micro Unix like OS for the C64 and 128.

 

Command line / shell only, but impressive...

 

desiv

[Ze_ro]

Linux really does require an MMU, so porting it would be extremely difficult.

 

There is a port of Linux called uCLinux that is meant for computer without MMU's... I see no mention of the Z80 on their ports page... seems mostly intended for 68000-based machines.

 

There is another Linux port called ELKS that also runs on MMU-less machines... in this case, the 80x86 (x < 3) processors.

 

You'd probably have to thoroughly rape either of these projects in order to force them to run on the Z80, and after all those changes, you might not even be able to call it Linux (both projects toss out some bits and pieces... say goodbye to the fork() function).

 

You're probably better off sticking with CP/M.

 

--Zero

[+opcode]

There is a port of UNIX for the MSX computer (Z-80 based) called UZIX. If I remember correctly it was adapted from a Z80 UNIX implementation called UZI. It isn't Linux, still it's possible to have some sort of UNIX for the Z80...

 

Eduardo Mello