[9fans] OLPC machines

2015-01-06 Thread Matthew Bonner
Greetings, I have an early model OLPC machine (XO1) and contemplating trying to make Plan 9 run on it. I know Ameya Palande did some GSoC work back in 2007 and found some useful notes and resources on his blog [1] Has anyone else worked on these machines? Reasons to not bother? Any info or tips

Re: [9fans] OLPC machines

2015-01-06 Thread Anthony Sorace
There is at least somewhat more current work than that. Tim Newsham was working on a port in 2010. It booted, but was limited (iirc, no networking and some graphics problems). The files from that on my system are dated 2012, but I think that's just from me being careless when I moved something

Re: [9fans] I don't understand utf8 (it seems)

2015-01-06 Thread Matěj Cepl
On 2015-01-05, 21:52 GMT, Steve Simon wrote: > I am trying to parse a stream from a tcp connection. > > I think the data is utf8, here is a sample > >20 2d 20 c8 65 73 6b fd 20 72 6f 7a 68 6c 61 73 > > which when I print it I get: > > - e s k r o z h l a s

Re: [9fans] OLPC machines

2015-01-06 Thread Kurt H Maier
Quoting Anthony Sorace : There is at least somewhat more current work than that. I have an XO-1 and an XO-1.5 if anyone wants me to test an image. I also have an XO-4 but that's some kind of arm game with SDIO wifi that may or may not be workable. khm

Re: [9fans] I don't understand utf8 (it seems)

2015-01-06 Thread Quintile
indeed, Czech jazz, excellent station. I have restarted on my (plan9) internet radio... 😄 -Steve > On 6 Jan 2015, at 19:57, Matěj Cepl wrote: > >> On 2015-01-05, 21:52 GMT, Steve Simon wrote: >> I am trying to parse a stream from a tcp connection. >> >> I think the data is utf8, here is a