FUZIX

FuzixOS: Because Small Is Beautiful (by EtchedPixels)

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  • Dec RSX-11M OS-Like for the Z280 CPU
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 May 2023
    Alan Cox has a "Fuzix" repo, that puts together Uzix variants for the Z80.

    https://github.com/EtchedPixels/FUZIX

  • If you thought running Linux on a 3DS or PS2 wasn't crazy enough, here's Linux on a Nintendo DS Lite
    4 projects | /r/linux | 9 Jun 2022
  • FuzixOS
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jan 2022
  • Unix on 6800?
    1 project | /r/vintagecomputing | 20 Dec 2021
    Fuzix does appear to have CPU support for 6800 and is probably your best starting location. Although based on what I've seen of the ET-3400 you could be in for quite the uphill struggle.
  • Brooks, Wirth and Go
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Aug 2021
    Software complexity also helps to establish or maintain the predominance of large corporations on the market. In contrast, a simple software system can be reimplemented by a small team or even a single person, so there is more competition. This is not only demonstrated by Wirth's systems, but also by several 7th edition Unix clones of the 80's [1-4] as well as current ones [5] and also reimplementations of the classic MacOS [6].

    Back in the 1980s, operating systems and compilers were often seen as the most complex pieces of software. Nowadays, web browsers include (and reimplement) large parts of an OS and compiler and are probably even more complex than a current OS such as Linux or a current compiler such as clang/LLVM. Only rich (or well funded) companies such as Google, Apple and the Mozilla foundation can afford to build a browser today that can be used to access current web pages.

    So a central question is if we can turn back times and make software more simple again. Maybe this ship has already sailed - but it can't hurt to try. From experience with my students, it is extremely satisfying for them to build a complete system from scratch instead of mostly copying and pasting library calls or StackOverflow code snippets. Thus, I try to enable my students to experience this sense of achievement. They will probably never get the chance to do something similar in their later career in industry.

    [1] One Man Unix for 68k - http://www.pix.net/mirrored/discordia.org.uk/~steve/omu.html

    [2] Uzix for Z80 (link to the MSX port) - http://uzix.sourceforge.net

    [3] Coherent Unix - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherent_(operating_system)

    [4] Minix - https://www.minix3.org

    [5] Alan Cox' Fuzix - https://github.com/EtchedPixels/FUZIX

    [6] Ardi Executor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor_(software)

  • Unix for the Osborne Executive
    1 project | /r/vintagecomputing | 2 Aug 2021
  • Linux Has Largely Abandoned Still-Useful Near-Vintage Computers
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 6 May 2021
    How about FUZIX? It might be a better fit for vintage computers?

    https://github.com/EtchedPixels/FUZIX

  • Now you can run Unix on the tiny $4 Raspberry Pi Pico
    5 projects | /r/raspberry_pi | 9 Mar 2021
  • unix for MSX
    1 project | /r/MSX | 1 Mar 2021
    Also fuzix: https://github.com/EtchedPixels/FUZIX
  • Unix Implementation for MSX (2005)
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Feb 2021
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EtchedPixels/FUZIX is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 or later which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of FUZIX is C.


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