RetroBSD: Unix for the Microchip PIC32

Posted by rbanffy on Sunday September 14, 2014 @07:42PM
from the retrobsd.org dept.

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Re:RetroBSD: Unix for the Microchip PIC32 by justincormack on Monday September 15, 2014 @04:56AM (#8317870)

I have a box to install this on, its a cool project. It even has a C compiler that runs on the host...

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Re:RetroBSD: Unix for the Microchip PIC32 by CaseFlatline on Monday September 15, 2014 @08:17AM (#8318344)

Amazing. BSD on Sub $20 boards. They list a bunch of hardware that it runs on and also include support for a simulator so you can try it out without hardware.

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Re:RetroBSD: Unix for the Microchip PIC32 by ris on Monday September 15, 2014 @08:26AM (#8318369)

"BSD on Sub $20 boards."

I'm not sure that's the amazing bit seeing as you can get a Raspberry Pi for not much more than $20.

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Re:RetroBSD: Unix for the Microchip PIC32 by rbanffy on Monday September 15, 2014 @11:33AM (#8319462)

Considering the requirements, I'd say you could build a BSD machine for less than U$10 (the microcontroller is about US$5). Nowhere near as functional as a Pi, but much smaller.

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