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Playing with CP/M – part 2

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[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2025/playing_with_cpm_pt2.gmi CP/M was the most successful microcomputer operating system during the 8-bit era. It has been highly influential and is still very much worth exploring if you're interested in operating system history, … Continue reading Playing with CP/M – part 2

Playing with CP/M – part 1

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[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2025/playing_with_cpm_pt1.gmi Earlier this year I wrote an article explaining how to use the CP/M operating system which has been the dominant OS of the 8-bit era of microcomputers. The article was well-received … Continue reading Playing with CP/M – part 1

A gentle introduction to CP/M

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[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2025/gentle_introduction_cpm.gmi This article is just what the headline promises: an introduction to the CP/M operating system. No previous knowledge of 1970s and early '80s operating systems is required. However, some familiarity with … Continue reading A gentle introduction to CP/M

A journey into the 8-Bit microcomputing past: Exploring the CP/M operating system – part 2

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[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2024/cpm_pt2.gmi The first part of this article series covered CP/M 1.3 to CP/M 2.2 and took a look at the editor ED. This article relies even stronger on the manuals that I … Continue reading A journey into the 8-Bit microcomputing past: Exploring the CP/M operating system – part 2

A journey into the 8-Bit microcomputing past: Exploring the CP/M operating system – part 1

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[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2024/cpm_pt1.gmi Gary Kildall's story is a sad one. He was one of the pioneers of the microcomputing revolution and is unfortunately often overlooked today. While his various contributions were essential to eventually … Continue reading A journey into the 8-Bit microcomputing past: Exploring the CP/M operating system – part 1

Legends start at 1.0! – FreeBSD in 1993 (pt. 2)

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[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2022/fbsd1_pt2.gmi Happy FreeBSD day everyone! 🥳 In part one I covered a little bit of general information and preparation work before detailing the first part of the installation of FreeBSD 1.0 on … Continue reading Legends start at 1.0! – FreeBSD in 1993 (pt. 2)

Legends start at 1.0! – FreeBSD in 1993 (pt. 1)

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[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2022/fbsd1_pt1.gmi In 2017, I wrote a series of articles [1], [2], [3] and [4] on FreeBSD's famous version 4.11 (and an experiment to use Pkgsrc to get modern software running on it), … Continue reading Legends start at 1.0! – FreeBSD in 1993 (pt. 1)

Running OpenBSD on SPARC64 (HTTPd, packages, patching, X11, …)

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In my previous post I described the process of installing OpenBSD 6.0 on a SPARC64 machine and updating it all the way to 6.5. Now it's time to actually do something with it to get an idea of how well OpenBSD works on this architecture! OpenBSD's base system The OpenBSD team takes pride in providing … Continue reading Running OpenBSD on SPARC64 (HTTPd, packages, patching, X11, …)