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   alcinnz (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 06:34:19 JST alcinnz

   With my rough idea I explored yesterday of what collapse-era computing might look like, what sort of OS would fit?

   Most places who care should be able to build 1970s if not 1980s-era chips, maybe even 2000-era. If we can continue obtaining wafers, not guaranteed!

   The biggest challenge would be designing large RAM, & other datastorage.

   Keyboard input & audio output would probably be the most feasible I/O, with mice & vector-monitors being secondary.

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     alcinnz (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 07:00:01 JST alcinnz

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     We'd need to keep our operating systems simple, to avoid taking space away from the data we'd wish to store.

     Vector monitors are attractive that way, since it'd take less software to render abstract data to those displays. By rearranging hardware rather than adding more of it.

     Speakers are even simpler to build, without needing more software abstractions. Though it does require a multiplier.

     Making the OS a programming language interpreter is a proven strategy for simple OSs.

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