alexshendi

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Comment · 1 month ago

These are properly called "GPUs", as in "Grep Processing Units"!

Comment · 1 month ago

Gambit-C 3.0 binaries are available at: https://gambitscheme.org/3.0/gc30-dj.zip (for DOS/DJGPP)

The other versions from https://gambitscheme.org/3.0/ are Windows or MacOS Classic binaries.

Needs a 386+ CPU, though.

Comment · 7 months ago

As you seem to be the author: will this run on a voyage 200? Also: very impressive.

Comment · 9 months ago

:)

Comment · 11 months ago

Honestly, I don't understand this. AFAIK colorForth was a standalone system for Pentium class machines. How do Windows updates come into this?

Comment · 1 year ago

Oil cooling. Besides this is a peak power value, so thermal constraints don't matter. Continous power is given around 350-400 kW.

(Sources: https://yasa.com/news/yasa-smashes-own-unofficial-power-dens... and https://yasa.com/technology/)

Ask HN: DOS Based "Multitaskers"

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Comment · 1 year ago

My favourite is Texas Instruments PC-Scheme. Complete with Emacs-like editor. You could compile and evaluate regions in the editor. It is amazing what you can do in 2MB or even 640K.

Comment · 1 year ago

This motivates me to try this on my Ministrel 4th (21th century Jupiter Ace clone).

Comment · 1 year ago

Scheme Compilers:

* Gambit-C 3.0 for MS-DOS (https://gambitscheme.org/3.0/gc30-dj.zip)

* MIT-Scheme 7.3 for DOS: (https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scheme-7.3/pc/)

Both need a 386+.

* PC-Scheme/Geneva (https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/ai-repository/ai/lang/...) Bytecode compiler, runs on 8086+, can use up to 2MB of EMS memory.

Comment · 1 year ago

Common Object File Format (COFF)?

Comment · 1 year ago

I think once you get rid of dynamic libraries and GUIs your software rot will be greatly reduced.

Comment · 1 year ago

Does it come with dtksh? (dtksh or dtmksh, not sure)

Comment · 1 year ago

There's also s4iof (R4RS), s5iof (R5RS) and skint (R7RS, but hey 5 .c files), all from the same people. I might interject that R4RS might seem preferable for the minimalist cadre.