UNIX For A Legacy TI

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨cm0002@piefed.world⁩ to ⁨retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org⁩

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Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Oh I remember the colecovision!

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