Re: [BLACKBOX] Ofront

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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:59:34 +0400

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Hey.
Josef published source for Ofront on his site a couple of years ago.
It works so well, that I even was able to run it on ARM Nokia N810
internet tablet: http://norayr.livejournal.com/181694.html

Sincerely,
Norayr Chilignaryan

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:34 AM, Wojtek Skulski
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> Josef:
>
>  what happened to Ofront? Is there any chance to get it running under Linux?
> It is a loose question at this point, motivated by my recent hardware
> developments described on my web page http://www.skutek.com/VME.htm. It
> would be fantastic if I could somehow program my new gizmo with either CP or
> Oberon. It would be even sweeter if I could come back to good old days of
> using V4 under Linux.
>
> There are significant obstacles on such a road, due to the fact that the
> on-board processor does not feature a native Oberon compiler. Furthermore,
> this processor is very far from what computer scientists would consider a
> normal CPU. It is a so-called convergent DSP named Blackfin from Analog
> Devices. Furthermore, my board does not have any display hardware
> whatsoever. So some sort of mini X-windows would be needed. In any case, if
> there was any chance of getting a decent language running on this hardware
> on top of Linux, it would be great.
>
> Do you have any idea if this is at all possible, or is it a pipe dream?
>
> Wojtek
>
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