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UNIX For A Legacy TI

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨cm0002@piefed.world⁩ to ⁨retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org⁩

https://hackaday.com/2025/09/26/unix-for-a-legacy-ti/

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  • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This version of UNIX is called UNIX99 and is the brainchild of AtariAge forum member [mrvan] who originally wasn’t looking to develop a full operating system for this computer but rather a set of standard C libraries to help with other projects. Apparently the step from that to a UNIX-flavored OS wasn’t too big so this project was born. While the operating system doesn’t have a UNIX certification, it has most of the tools any of us would recognize on similar machines. The OS has support for most of the TI-99 hardware, file management, a basic user account system, and a command shell through which scripts can be written and executed.

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  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This was my very first computer. I learned to BASIC on this beast, and used it to make my sister cry.

    10 PRINT "Amy is a pest"
    20 GOTO 10
    
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  • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh I remember the colecovision!

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