[Coco] The torch is past, the spirit lives on... :-) (OLPC, simon6809, and Dunfield tools)

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Interesting little board. 

james

On 13 Apr 2008 at 14:06, John W. Linville wrote:

> Inspired by the Fest, I got my Dunfield (http://www.dunfield.com/)
> 6809 compiler's runtime library retargetted to support the simon6809
> board
> (http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2008-March/035370.html). It
> really wasn't too hard -- Dave's toolchain is actually quite nice to
> use.  His compiler is a little quirky, but quite capable. It's only
> major drawback is that it is DOS-based, but it seems to work just fine
> in DOSBox.  I guess that is close enough to Linux friendly for me, all
> things considered. :-)
> 
> I also brought my son's XO laptop from the OLPC project
> (http://www.laptop.org) to the Fest.  It's focus on child
> friendliness, it's abundance of available programming activities, and
> its overall "cuteness" gives it a personality that reminds me of the
> CoCo -- although it lacks a cartridge port...hmmm...
> 
> Then it struck me -- since the XO runs Linux and I was doing my
> simon6809 stuff on Linux (including DOSBox for the Dunfield tools), I
> should combine the two.  For me, this comes awfully close to
> recapturing some of the CoCo spirit that most modern computers lack.
> So, I took a picture:
> 
>  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/linville/coco-6809/xo-a
>  nd-simon6809.jpg
> 
> I'm posting it here mostly to make Boisy jealous for missing the
> Fest...
> 
> If anyone else acquired a simon6809 kit and wants to use the Dunfield
> tools with it, let me know.  I'll be happy to tell you how to make the
> appropriate modifications. [1]
> 
> Happy hacking!
> 
> John
> 
> [1] In the back of my mind I recall that Dunfield allowed distributing
> modified versions of their runtime files under some conditions.
> However, I don't remember the details and can't find any online
> reference to confirm that.  I know Dave Dunfield used to be on this
> list, so maybe he can clear things up for me?  I recall that he seemed
> like a clueful guy. :-) -- John W. Linville linville at tuxdriver.com
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