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<HTML><HEAD>  <TITLE>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><CENTER><H1>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</H1></CENTER>作者:&nbsp;CrazyGuy&nbsp;(CNE好考吗?)&nbsp;看板:&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;<BR>标题:&nbsp;[转录]Linux&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;Nintendo&nbsp;64&nbsp;-&nbsp;they&nbsp;said&nbsp;it&nbsp;cou&nbsp;…&nbsp;<BR>时间:&nbsp;Mon&nbsp;Jun&nbsp;30&nbsp;18:27:33&nbsp;1997&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>※&nbsp;[本文转录自&nbsp;FB.chat&nbsp;看板]&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>发信人:&nbsp;<A HREF="mailto:jkh@time.cdrom.com">jkh@time.cdrom.com</A>&nbsp;(&quot;Jordan&nbsp;K.&nbsp;Hubbard&quot;),&nbsp;看板:&nbsp;FB.chat&nbsp;<BR>标&nbsp;&nbsp;题:&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;Nintendo&nbsp;64&nbsp;-&nbsp;they&nbsp;said&nbsp;it&nbsp;couldn't&nbsp;be&nbsp;done.&nbsp;<BR>发信站:&nbsp;NCTU&nbsp;CSIE&nbsp;FreeBSD&nbsp;Server&nbsp;(Mon&nbsp;Jun&nbsp;30&nbsp;11:37:14&nbsp;1997)&nbsp;<BR>转信站:&nbsp;sobee!FreeBSD.csie.NCTU!not-for-mail&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>But&nbsp;it&nbsp;was..&nbsp;:-)&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR><A HREF="http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/E/1997/04/036/">http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/E/1997/04/036/</A>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jordan&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>＞<I>&nbsp;--------------------------------------------------------------------------&nbsp;&lt;&nbsp;</I><BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>[iX-Minilogo]&nbsp;online&nbsp;[blaue&nbsp;Linie]&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;[Aufmacher]&nbsp;&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;for&nbsp;Nintendo&nbsp;64&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>J□gen&nbsp;Seeger&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;German&nbsp;version&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>[Leeraum:&nbsp;25&nbsp;Pkt.]&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>As&nbsp;early&nbsp;as&nbsp;Comdex&nbsp;fall&nbsp;95&nbsp;Netscape&nbsp;Corp.&nbsp;is&nbsp;said&nbsp;to&nbsp;have&nbsp;presented&nbsp;a&nbsp;port&nbsp;<BR>of&nbsp;their&nbsp;Navigator&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Mips&nbsp;CPU&nbsp;based&nbsp;Nintendo&nbsp;64&nbsp;behind&nbsp;closed&nbsp;doors.&nbsp;<BR>Talking&nbsp;to&nbsp;iX&nbsp;during&nbsp;the&nbsp;1996&nbsp;GUUG&nbsp;meeting,&nbsp;SCO's&nbsp;Doug&nbsp;Michels,&nbsp;too,&nbsp;<BR>regarded&nbsp;alliances&nbsp;with&nbsp;Sega&nbsp;or&nbsp;Nintendo&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;&quot;real&nbsp;option&quot;,&nbsp;especially&nbsp;as&nbsp;<BR>far&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;postitioning&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Network&nbsp;Computer&nbsp;against&nbsp;the&nbsp;wintel&nbsp;dominance&nbsp;<BR>is&nbsp;concerned.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Insiders&nbsp;assume&nbsp;that&nbsp;Netscape's&nbsp;initiative&nbsp;failed&nbsp;because&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;personal&nbsp;<BR>animosity&nbsp;between&nbsp;young&nbsp;entrepreneur&nbsp;Marc&nbsp;Andreessen&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;very&nbsp;<BR>conservative&nbsp;Nintendo&nbsp;boss&nbsp;Hiroshi&nbsp;Yamaushi.&nbsp;SCO&nbsp;wasn't&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;follow&nbsp;up&nbsp;<BR>their&nbsp;plans,&nbsp;for&nbsp;they&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;concentrate&nbsp;their&nbsp;resources&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;development&nbsp;<BR>of&nbsp;the&nbsp;64&nbsp;bit&nbsp;Unix&nbsp;they&nbsp;have&nbsp;codenamed&nbsp;Gemini.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>And,&nbsp;as&nbsp;has&nbsp;happened&nbsp;before,&nbsp;the&nbsp;internet&nbsp;community,&nbsp;strongly&nbsp;committed&nbsp;to&nbsp;<BR>free&nbsp;software,&nbsp;put&nbsp;things&nbsp;to&nbsp;work,&nbsp;which&nbsp;were&nbsp;not&nbsp;completed&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>commercial&nbsp;field.&nbsp;At&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;last&nbsp;year&nbsp;an&nbsp;Italian&nbsp;programmers'&nbsp;team&nbsp;got&nbsp;<BR>hold&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;US&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;N64&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;SGI&nbsp;Indy,&nbsp;including&nbsp;the&nbsp;N64&nbsp;card.&nbsp;Thus&nbsp;<BR>the&nbsp;team&nbsp;ported&nbsp;Linux/Mips&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;play&nbsp;station.&nbsp;Linux/Mips&nbsp;originally&nbsp;had&nbsp;<BR>been&nbsp;initiated&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;music&nbsp;company&nbsp;Waldorf&nbsp;(see&nbsp;iX&nbsp;2/96)&nbsp;and,&nbsp;since&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>beginning&nbsp;of&nbsp;1996,&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;ready-to-run&nbsp;on&nbsp;R4x00&nbsp;CPUs.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>The&nbsp;main&nbsp;difficulties,&nbsp;according&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Italians,&nbsp;were&nbsp;caused&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;port&nbsp;of&nbsp;<BR>the&nbsp;X&nbsp;Window&nbsp;System&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;N64&nbsp;I/O&nbsp;hardware.&nbsp;At&nbsp;first&nbsp;they&nbsp;ported&nbsp;the&nbsp;output&nbsp;<BR>routines&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;dedicated&nbsp;co-processors.&nbsp;Although&nbsp;N64-X11&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;yet&nbsp;really&nbsp;<BR>stable,&nbsp;legendary&nbsp;500000&nbsp;XStones&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;reached&nbsp;so&nbsp;far&nbsp;-&nbsp;running&nbsp;on&nbsp;an&nbsp;<BR>ordinary&nbsp;TV&nbsp;set,&nbsp;driven&nbsp;by&nbsp;high&nbsp;frequency&nbsp;signals.&nbsp;Of&nbsp;course,&nbsp;the&nbsp;quality&nbsp;of&nbsp;<BR>the&nbsp;picture&nbsp;is&nbsp;much&nbsp;better,&nbsp;if&nbsp;an&nbsp;AV&nbsp;cable&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;high-quality&nbsp;monitor&nbsp;are&nbsp;<BR>used.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Input&nbsp;media&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;either&nbsp;the&nbsp;bundled&nbsp;console&nbsp;(see&nbsp;photograph&nbsp;above)&nbsp;or&nbsp;a&nbsp;PC&nbsp;<BR>keyboard&nbsp;via&nbsp;adapter.&nbsp;The&nbsp;first&nbsp;solution&nbsp;requires&nbsp;a&nbsp;bit&nbsp;of&nbsp;experience&nbsp;when&nbsp;<BR>entering&nbsp;text,&nbsp;because&nbsp;each&nbsp;character&nbsp;is&nbsp;represented&nbsp;by&nbsp;a&nbsp;3&nbsp;degree&nbsp;angle&nbsp;of&nbsp;<BR>the&nbsp;analog&nbsp;stick.&nbsp;Internationally&nbsp;less&nbsp;frequently&nbsp;used&nbsp;characters&nbsp;like&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>backslash&nbsp;were,&nbsp;therefore,&nbsp;not&nbsp;implemented.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Those&nbsp;who&nbsp;buy&nbsp;the&nbsp;optional&nbsp;N64&nbsp;controller&nbsp;pack,&nbsp;can&nbsp;even&nbsp;save&nbsp;some&nbsp;data,&nbsp;e.&nbsp;<BR>g.&nbsp;personal&nbsp;preferences&nbsp;or&nbsp;WWW&nbsp;hotlists.&nbsp;The&nbsp;prototyp&nbsp;available&nbsp;at&nbsp;editorial&nbsp;<BR>deadline&nbsp;hasn't&nbsp;yet&nbsp;got&nbsp;a&nbsp;reliable&nbsp;network&nbsp;connection,&nbsp;because&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;<BR>still&nbsp;problems&nbsp;between&nbsp;the&nbsp;manually&nbsp;soldered&nbsp;100&nbsp;MBit/s&nbsp;Digital&nbsp;21140&nbsp;chip&nbsp;<BR>and&nbsp;the&nbsp;93.75&nbsp;MHz&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;R4300i&nbsp;CPU.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Like&nbsp;the&nbsp;former&nbsp;Mips&nbsp;RISC&nbsp;OS&nbsp;Linux/N64&nbsp;works&nbsp;in&nbsp;bi-endian&nbsp;mode&nbsp;and,&nbsp;<BR>therefore,&nbsp;can&nbsp;process&nbsp;data&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;two&nbsp;possible&nbsp;byte&nbsp;orders.&nbsp;Yet&nbsp;the&nbsp;kernel&nbsp;<BR>version&nbsp;2.11&nbsp;based&nbsp;Linux/N64&nbsp;doesn't&nbsp;use&nbsp;Nintendo's&nbsp;64&nbsp;bit&nbsp;address&nbsp;mode&nbsp;-&nbsp;<BR>which&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;really&nbsp;a&nbsp;disadvantage,&nbsp;considering&nbsp;the&nbsp;4&nbsp;MBytes&nbsp;of&nbsp;memory&nbsp;<BR>available.&nbsp;A&nbsp;further&nbsp;problem:&nbsp;Nintendo&nbsp;Kyoto&nbsp;headquarter&nbsp;so&nbsp;far&nbsp;has&nbsp;<BR>steadfastly&nbsp;refused&nbsp;to&nbsp;build&nbsp;cards&nbsp;in&nbsp;significant&nbsp;volumes&nbsp;or&nbsp;to&nbsp;include&nbsp;<BR>Linux/N64&nbsp;in&nbsp;their&nbsp;distribution&nbsp;channels.&nbsp;Siemens&nbsp;Nixdorf&nbsp;and&nbsp;Silicon&nbsp;<BR>Graphics,&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;hand,&nbsp;have&nbsp;expressed&nbsp;&quot;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;interest&quot;.&nbsp;&quot;This&nbsp;<BR>project&nbsp;could&nbsp;lead&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;deal&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;desktop&nbsp;market&quot;,&nbsp;a&nbsp;speaker&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>Munich&nbsp;based&nbsp;company&nbsp;figured.&nbsp;According&nbsp;to&nbsp;their&nbsp;speaker,&nbsp;Luciano&nbsp;Aprilia,&nbsp;<BR>the&nbsp;Italian&nbsp;developers,&nbsp;are&nbsp;going&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;the&nbsp;software&nbsp;available&nbsp;under&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>GPL,&nbsp;so&nbsp;it&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;used&nbsp;free&nbsp;of&nbsp;charge.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR><CENTER><H1>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</H1></CENTER></BODY></HTML>
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