[9fans] Plan 9 article in hacker magazine!

2016-05-28 Thread Roswell Grey
2600 is a hacker's quarterly magazine that specializes in sharing subtle tips and tricks related to computer hacking. Volume 33, issue 1, however, featured something that was pleasent to read: an article on Plan 9. It describes what it is, how it came to be, how it differs from other OS's, and how

[9fans] Limbo manual

2016-02-20 Thread Roswell Grey
Hello, it seems that the online documentation for learning limbo is rather outdated. Does anyone know where I could get a more updated version to learn limbo coding? Thanks! -R

Re: [9fans] Issues with USB mouse in 9atom

2015-09-22 Thread Roswell Grey
Yeah, I installed from the CD. But that image is for amd64, correct? a 64 bit processor? My junk computer is an old gateway, with a celeron D, a whopping 256 MB of ram, and a full 100 GB hard disk space. But since this is 32 bit to my knowledge, would a possible solution involve making a bootable

[9fans] Basic limbo programming help

2015-06-26 Thread Roswell Grey
Hello fellow 9fans! I'm currently trying to learn limbo programming for fun and profit. I'm experienced in java and other languages, but I'd like to learn limbo because I want to (wait for it, drumroll please!) build a distributed agent-based system. The agents themselves aren't anything

[9fans] Chrome and 9

2014-12-07 Thread Roswell Grey
It's no question that the Chromebook makes a wonderful candidate to integrate features of 9 into. The thing was practically BUILT for distributed computing, what with app servers and cloud integration tightly integrated into the hardware. What I was thinking was creating a chrome extension for 9P

[9fans] Easiest programming for graphics in 9?

2014-11-11 Thread Roswell Grey
Even though 9 doesn't have OpenGL, what is the easiest way to code (as far as coding amount is concerned) graphics in 9? On a side note, how awesome would it be to put openGL on 9, and run a distributed system for supergaming?! 9 is just that awesome. Haha. On Nov 11, 2014 6:57 AM,

Re: [9fans] hub issues on 9Pi

2014-10-03 Thread Roswell Grey
Applying a patch sounds like fun! Could you shoot me an email on how to do it? Thank ya!

[9fans] USB hub issues on 9Pi

2014-10-02 Thread Roswell Grey
What are the known issues using hubs on 9Pi? I've tried using two different hubs to connect my keyboard, mouse, and flash drives, but they don't work. The optical mouse doesn't even have its laser turned on by the time booting is finished. The only solution I've found is attaching the devices

Re: [9fans] hub issues on 9Pi

2014-10-02 Thread Roswell Grey
Unfortunately, I don't have the right wall-wart that would fit the powered USB hub - this is the one that gives I/O problems. But on the self powered hub, 9 doesn't even seem to recognize anything. No keyboard or mouse lights, no console message saying it found those devices... But like I said,

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on an NCube 3

2014-09-28 Thread Roswell Grey
That startkit looks fun! But, like, 256K flash is a little... Limiting. But hey, styx on a brick only needed 32K. Maybe a teensy emu could run on there with an external memory source. You're right, it totally screams 9! Oh, that gives me an idea... A portable cluster. At 500 MIPS a pop, I bet

[9fans] Plan 9 on an Ncube-3?

2014-09-27 Thread Roswell Grey
Hello! I was doing some reading about old parallel computers, when I came across Wikipedia's article on this beast: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCUBE In short, it used hundreds of specially-designed microprocessors to do some awesome parallel tasks. This just screams 9, right? Well,

Re: [9fans] Added new user

2013-08-17 Thread Roswell Grey
The thing is, I don't even get a Root is from prompt. The console doesn't prompt for anything. The last line it displays is something with /init/rc ...no prompt.

[9fans] Rpi rca out?

2013-08-14 Thread Roswell Grey
Is it possible to use the rca out on the pi as my display? Thanks!