<p dir="ltr">I have a PIC32 George lent me to try RetroBSD on. I'll bring it with an Arduino SD shield I have so we can also test on there.</p>
<p dir="ltr">--Robert</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 22, 2016 10:57 PM, "Brian Callahan" <<a href="mailto:bcallah@devio.us">bcallah@devio.us</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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On 6/22/2016 8:32 PM, George Rosamond wrote:<br>
> On 06/22/16 19:15, Brian Callahan wrote:<br>
>> One other thing to note (inline):<br>
>><br>
>> On 6/22/2016 7:12 PM, Brian Callahan wrote:<br>
>>> Hi everyone --<br>
>>><br>
>>> I'm doing next month's meeting on RetroBSD and LiteBSD. The hardware<br>
>>> these things run on are cheap and readily available, and likely the<br>
>>> meeting will be much more fun if people are hacking along with me.<br>
> Ah, the long awaited "get hardware to get involved email"...<br>
><br>
> :)<br>
><br>
> comments inline.<br>
><br>
>>> So here's a list of hardware depending on whether or not you want to run<br>
>>> RetroBSD or LiteBSD. If you need help deciding, RetroBSD is a port of<br>
>>> 2.11BSD and LiteBSD is a 4.4BSD-Lite2 based OS (like all the modern big<br>
>>> BSDs).<br>
>>><br>
>>> No matter what, you'll need a microSD card.<br>
>>><br>
>>> RetroBSD:<br>
>>> <a href="http://retrobsd.org/wiki/doku.php/board/index" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://retrobsd.org/wiki/doku.php/board/index</a><br>
>>> I recommend the Olimex PIC32-RetroBSD and the chipKIT Max32. Keep in<br>
>>> mind that if you go with the Max32, you'll need an Arduino Ethernet<br>
>>> shield R3 (for its microSD card slot).<br>
>>><br>
>>> LiteBSD:<br>
>>> <a href="http://litebsd.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://litebsd.org/</a><br>
>>> I recommend the chipKIT WiFIRE board and the Olimex EMZ64. If you buy<br>
>>> the EMZ64 you will need their UEXT to USB RS232 adapter:<br>
>>> <a href="https://www.olimex.com/Products/Modules/Interface/MOD-USB-RS232/open-source-hardware" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.olimex.com/Products/Modules/Interface/MOD-USB-RS232/open-source-hardware</a><br>
>>> -- alternatively, you could use telnet to access the EMZ64 (this is<br>
>>> indeed what I do with my EMZ64) but it is slower and you'll need a switch.<br>
>> The EMZ64 requires a chipKIT external programmer to flash the kernel<br>
>> onto the board. The WiFIRE does not need any external equipment to get<br>
>> LiteBSD onto it (and neither of the recommended RetroBSD boards need an<br>
>> external programmer either). I'm happy to bring my PICkit3 programmer to<br>
>> the meeting for people.<br>
> In order to make sure people can flash/access their hardware, can you be<br>
> sure to have all necessary cables, a switch, etc?<br>
<br>
Yes I'll bring all the needed hardware.<br>
<br>
> I'm hoping we can be hands-on during or after the meeting.<br>
><br>
>>> I do ask that if you purchase from Olimex, you mention me. Olimex has<br>
>>> been great with supporting the RetroBSD and LiteBSD communities and it<br>
>>> would be nice to show them that we RetroBSD/LiteBSD devs are<br>
>>> contributing back to them. Their hardware is also all Open Hardware,<br>
>>> which I think is nice.<br>
> Better yet, mention Brian C, these BSDs and that you're going to be at a<br>
> NYC*BUG hackathon on July 6.<br>
><br>
>>> Also, as of this morning, LiteBSD builds on FreeBSD! I will be<br>
>>> submitting a port to build the LiteBSD toolchain, but I can provide a<br>
>>> (10.x) binary for those who want to play around before the meeting.<br>
> What about OpenBSD? I thought you mentioned it also as a build system?<br>
<br>
Haven't pushed it into the build system yet for OpenBSD. There's a<br>
compile problem I haven't tracked down yet.<br>
<br>
> (previously, the images could only be compiled from Windows and Linux IIRC)<br>
<br>
Linux and Mac OS X, actually. Not Windows.<br>
<br>
>>> Hope to see everyone out for the meeting with hardware!<br>
> Very much looking forward to the meeting.<br>
><br>
> Maybe give us an outline of what you intend to cover?<br>
><br>
<br>
And spoil the meeting??? :)<br>
I'll cover the history of both, then I guess overview the features of<br>
RetroBSD and LiteBSD separately, outline the LiteBSD ports tree, discuss<br>
future plans for both (and my wish list for what I'd like to see in each<br>
going forward), and talk about how to get involved in the projects.<br>
If we have enough hardware around, we can finish up with a big group<br>
installfest :)<br>
<br>
~Brian<br>
<br>
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