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Linux boots in 4,76 days on Intel 4004

by electroagenda on 9/24/24, 7:28 AM with 15 comments

  • by sethammons on 9/24/24, 9:25 AM

    > If you're skeptical that this feat is possible with a raw 4004, you're right: The 4004 itself is far too limited to run Linux directly. Instead, Grinberg created a solution that is equally impressive: an emulator that runs on the 4004 and emulates a MIPS R3000 processor—the architecture used in the DECstation 2100 workstation that Linux was originally ported to. This emulator, along with minimal hardware emulation, allows a stripped-down Debian Linux to boot to a command prompt.

    That's cool

  • by ChrisArchitect on 9/24/24, 9:48 AM

  • by hsfzxjy on 9/24/24, 9:15 AM

    I mistakenly think the guy took over a year to boot Linux/4004 due to the comma in the post title.

    (I was aware that comma represents decimal point in some regions, just didn't get this in the first place.)

  • by voxadam on 9/24/24, 9:10 AM

    Linux/4004: booting Linux on Intel 4004 for fun, art, and no profit | 159 comments | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41600756

  • by belter on 9/24/24, 9:14 AM

    Let's try again on 03:14:07 UTC 19 January 2038...

  • by smudgy on 9/24/24, 9:49 AM

    Somewhere in the US Midwest, Jeff Geerling suddenly decides "nah, I don't wanna recompile the kernel."