[SqNOS] SqueakNOS on Dell Optiplex

[Javier Pimás]

A nice way of starting is booting and going step by step in simple tasks.
For example, to see what happens when you write to disk, add this to
ATADevice>>at: method

ShouldHalt ifNil: [ ShouldHalt := false. self halt ].

if sources are loaded (which I think it's true), when you open a method in
the browser the breakpoint will be reached.

to understand squeaknos internals, the blog
<http://squeaknos.blogspot.com>is a good start.

As for the Pharo VM, you may want to read

http://book.pharo-project.org/book/Virtual-Machine

but if you are just starting, I would recommend playing with the live system
a while before getting to the internals.
<http://book.pharo-project.org/book/Virtual-Machine>
Regards!
          Javier.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:40 AM, <petdvo at volny.cz> wrote:

> >Hello Petr,
> >
> >Unfortunately we don't have much documentation. Basicaly because
> >SqueakNOS
> >>is based on SqueakVM and SqueakVM is not very well documented.
> >
> >However, with the new release we will upload on next days, we will
> >probably
> >>add some links to most of the documents we have read to gain
> >expierence with
> >>squeakVM low-level stuff.
> >
>
> Would be great. :)
>
> >It would be really nice to have squeakNOS ported to ARM. I think
> >there is
> >>already a port to arm for the SqueakVM. I don't know exactly its
> >status. But
> >>it should not be hard to merge that with SqueakNos cause as i
> >already said,
> >>SqueakNOS virtual machine is almost similar to Squeak VM. There are
> >not
> >>much changes to the vm, the idea is to work as much as possible on
> >image
> >>side.
> >
>
> Yes, there is ARM port as I know, I've seen squeak running on Google
> G1 phone, which is arm based. The plattform I'd like to use for some
> embedded apps (one is brushless motor control) already have its own
> Linux distribution, I am planning to install Squeak/Pharo on top of
> it in the first step, but standalone Squeak would be nicer ;). (I
> want to use Squeak for non-realtime tasks and for displaying,
> realtime tasks are performed by FPGA chip onboard .. I think it
> could be also interesting to use this FPGA to implement some
> performance critical tasks as a kind of primitive call from squeak)
>
> >Anyway, feel free to email any doubt on the list.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Guido.
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > that's great, looking forwrd to the next version
> > of SqueakNOS!
> > Building up a good documentation would also be
> > very nice, for it helps starters to get into
> > hacking SqueakNOS, something were I currently hit
> > constraints.
>
> Well, I din't really started yet with NOS, but I agree. Squeak
> documentation is the weak part ..
>
> > A ARM port would be great!! Maybe there can be a
> > common trunk, so development can progress in
> > parallel on both platforms...?
> >
> > Thanks and cheers
> > Michael
>
> I suppose it should still be just one project, just the loader and
> VM may be different slighlty. Howewer I am interested in supporting
> hardware that may be uncommon in PC's or even mobile phones I think.
> The one of first things I need to get working is the armadeus's
> i.MX<->FPGA interconnection which is essential for this computer.
>
> >
> > Am 14.03.2011 um 16:47 schrieb Guido Chari:
> >
> > > That's very good news!
> > >
> > > Keep in touch cause we are planning to upload a
> > > new release on this or next week.
> > > >
> > > Probably mouse wheel will be fixed.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Guido.
>
> I am looking forward eagerly. :)
>
> > > 2011/3/14 <petdvo at volny.cz>
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'd like to report I succesfully ran SqueakNOS
> > > (SqueakNOS-19-feb-2010.tar.bz2 from sourceforge
> > > - a bootable CD) on
> > > > DELL Optiplex GX270 (2.4GHz Intel P4, 1 GiB RAM,
> > > integrated Intel
> > > > 82865G Graphics card).
> > > With PS2 keyboard and USB DELL mouse (working
> > > except of the wheel),
> > > > graphics is working up to 1600x1200x32.
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Petr Dvorak
> > >
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>
> Greetings,
>
> Petr
>
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Javier Pimás
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
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