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Sigmarion 1 running NetBSD

stingraze Page Icon Posted 2016-12-17 10:42 PM
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Hello!

I managed to make Sigmarion 1 run NetBSD yesterday.
I'm still new to BSD OS, although I have experience with Linux.

vi is working, but not X window system (yet).



Maybe I'll go back in time and connect to the internet via a serial cable...

Edited by stingraze 2016-12-17 10:53 PM




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Mjolnir Page Icon Posted 2017-03-26 1:42 PM
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Great work! Have you done more with your device?
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stingraze Page Icon Posted 2017-03-26 9:58 PM
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Thanks!

Well, I haven't yet done anything more, but I am planning to get one of these: to try to connect Sigmarion 1 to the internet via serial cable to ethernet converter. I don't know if it will work, but I guess it's worth a try.

Or, I can try to make a bridge between my desktop computer's WiFi and serial cable. This too, I have no experience so I have yet to try.
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Mobi Page Icon Posted 2017-03-27 3:45 AM
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Does NetBSD run Lynx (or Links2)? Maybe PINE? You could have a connected monster on your hands!
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stingraze Page Icon Posted 2017-03-27 11:56 AM
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Unfortunately, as far as I checked, it doesn't have lynx, links2, nor PINE.

BUT:

I have the gcc available, so I inputted / compiled this program I found on the internet that outputs a beautiful triangle.
http://www.programmingsimplified.com/c-program-print-stars-pyramid

As long as I have gcc and a way to transfer files between host computer and NetBSD Sigmarion 1, I'm ready for anything

I will try to figure out how to connect NetBSD Sigmarion 1 to the internet via serial cable and report back here...





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netcat Page Icon Posted 2017-04-24 3:02 PM
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How big is your swap partition? And how much RAM do you have available on the Sigmarion 1?

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stingraze Page Icon Posted 2017-04-26 3:06 AM
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According to the spec, Sigmarion 1 has 32MB of RAM, with 16MB user area.
I'll have to check the swap partition of NetBSD when I get back. I will report the checked results here later on.
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stingraze Page Icon Posted 2017-04-26 11:10 AM
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netcat,

I just checked my Sigmarion 1, and the swap partition is 128MB, with 128MB free.

RAM is 12MB free.
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netcat Page Icon Posted 2017-04-26 11:42 AM
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Hmmm.. so you could probably doing without swap. Can I ask you to post a screenshot of the top command please? Are you planning to get a text based web browser running on the Sigmarion 1? I could not see how to get the Sigmarion 1 connected to the network, usb wifi stick? Have you had any luck with gcc yet?


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stingraze Page Icon Posted 2017-04-26 12:08 PM
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Ok, I will post the screenshot of the top command tomorrow.

Yes, I'm planning to get a text based browser running on Sigmarion 1, but I have to first figure out how to get the serial cable connected to a Windows / Linux machine (host) and get files transported from the host. I've been pretty busy these days, but I'll try to work on it on weekends / my spare time.

I'm hoping to somehow use serial cable <-> ethernet to the network... Do you know how? I've read in the internet there is indeed a way how to do, but I never tried it.

As for the gcc, I got only simple program to work that uses stdio.h, but will try to get something more advanced working in the near future.

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netcat Page Icon Posted 2017-04-26 1:53 PM
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Interesting! Sorry for bothering you again but could you compile something in the background and take a top command screenshot while doing that and one screenshot when idle please? I am on holiday this weekend but I'll try to catch up next week putting NetBSD on a HP Jornada 720 with no swap partition at all. Never tried Serial to Ethernet as well but I think there is PPP involved. I found the following on a FreeBSD forum.

... you can connect with serial directly to a computer in between. I often connect vintage DOS boxes to the internet by running PPP on the DOS box and using a serial cable to any on-line Linux box set to port forwarding. This avoids using a network card on the originating machine. Any old machine with both a serial and an ethernet port can be used since the requirements are minimal. You need to run pppd on this in-between box which can then connect with whatever you want ...

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stingraze Page Icon Posted 2017-04-27 7:49 AM
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Hi, here's the top command screenshot.



Sorry, I don't have anything to compile at the moment on my Sigmarion 1 so I can't give you how much resource it eats...





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netcat Page Icon Posted 2017-11-28 6:28 PM
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NetBSD-7.1 on Jornada 720 no swap running top command and links text browser.

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stingraze Page Icon Posted 2017-11-30 1:06 AM
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That is cool, netcat!

I only wish Sigmarion 1 had more expansion slots, it only has 1x Compact Flash.
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stingraze Page Icon Posted 2018-04-05 12:29 PM
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Update after about 4 months:

The serial (RS-232) to Ethernet converter came in the mail today from China.
I bought it new from eBay, and sadly doesn't come with manual. (Maybe it's on the manufacturer's website?)

I have to research on how to use it from Sigmarion 1 NetBSD. If I manage to work, I will write here.

Note: This site about Raspberry Pi may come in handy, maybe especially for me figuring out how to do all these serial console things which I have near zero experience.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Connect-the-Raspberry-Pi-to-network...

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