Linux for the Sega MegaDrive

(github.com)

71 points | by HardwareLust 15 hours ago

4 comments

  • HerbManic 18 minutes ago
    Very cool to see, so pointless it just had to be done.

    I was wondering how it was squeezed into 64KB of RAM but it uses the 4MB on the Everdrive cart. With that it makes sense, considering Linux can run on an N64 with 4MB of RAM.

  • aussieguy1234 44 minutes ago
    It runs Doom, now it runs Linux
  • bitwize 1 hour ago
    Absolutely nuts and squirrels.

    Then again, I did know that the Mega Drive's CPU loadout (68000 and Z80) is the same as the first Unix machine I ever used (a TRS-80 Model 16), so running some form of Unix on it was therefore, theoretically, possible...

  • HardwareLust 15 hours ago
    Original title: It’s Linux, On A Sega Megadrive