[squeak-dev] re: would it be fun to implement Squeak (and SPOON!) on this hardware?

tim Rowledge tim at rowledge.org
Tue Dec 24 01:17:37 UTC 2013


On 23-12-2013, at 4:00 PM, Jon Hylands <jon at huv.com> wrote:

> The real win over the Beaglebone Black (I have one of those too) is that there is no complication of the OS, and it boots instantly when you turn on the power. You're working on the metal, which can be fun in some cases.

Run RISC OS. It’s about as close to bare metal as you can get and still have a helpful OS around to start from. Unlike unixy OSs it lets you get straight to the metal; no ring 0 authorisation hoops to jump through.


tim
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