So I Visited A Digital Basement, and Did Something to Adrian Black's PLEXUS P/20

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[@NCommander]

So for context, I visited Portland, OR, and saw Adrian face to face. I obviously had to spend some time playing with this, and went and relinked the kernel with a custom version string and learned a few things about it. With luck I'll have a more in-depth opportunity to play with it.

[@CursedSilicon]

Hope you come back to the PNW soon. We're hoping to do an "Interim Computer Festival" (like a mini VCF) every 6 months. Adrian likes to drive up for the day

[@ericwood3709]

I couldn't think of a better match than you and that machine. Glad to see it happened :)

[@succuvamp_anna]

IIRC Usagi's community has done so much work that I think i remember Adrian saying they could do an Emulator? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@unmanaged]

Hey Adrian said you needed a C64 I have one I want to send to you and Adrian told me you wanted one... I have it and the floppy drive. Send me your address and I'll ship it to you. Trying to find a good home for it!

[@melovescotch]

@@unmanaged if he doesn't take it, I'll buy it off you, need to test on a C64 of a device I'm making that I'm going to ship to Adrian.

[@sadmac356]

THE POTATO IS RUNNING AT FULL POWER

[@NCommander]

vrrm

[@asanjuas]

Potato? Was a huge computer for the time.

[@cerberes]

With a lemon on each side, pennies and nails for power.

[@InkSpot101]

i love how the retro tech channels come together and overlap

[@Chriva]

The teamup we didn't know we needed. This is awesome :)

[@NathanR_sfba]

It's freakin' working!

[@OlegDorbitt]

It's a UNIX system!

[@sadmac356]

I know this!

[@danw1955]

@@sadmac356 How did I know that was coming? 🤣

[@brandonupchurch7628]

See I already knew it was going to involve the Plexus just seeing the first half of the title.

[@NCommander]

Summon /nunix

[@jonescity]

I love it when my favorite retro/linux/apple youtubers collab and look out for each other! Love your video Ncommander! Watched your streams hours on end!

[@andrewdunbar828]

Awesome! You should visit Usagi too if you're ever in his neck of the woods.

[@chriswareham]

Just finished watching the video where Adrian had this beast fully running. Would be interesting if he can locate a suitable network card and you're able to help him get a driver compiled for it!

[@NCommander]

THere's part of a X.25 network stack, but no TCP/IP or equivalent.

[@Megatog615]

@@NCommander can it get on the internet with SLIP?

[@asanjuas]

I think the Next thing is to help Adrián black with this thing of the ethernet card.

[@markevans2294]

​@@NCommanderthat's interesting, given that at the time this machine came out X.25 was far more extensive used in UK academic networking than US businesses.
The other obvious complication is that this is sysV with a completely different API from BSD. Which adds additional complications to adding IPv4. Regardless of if this is RFC894 (plus RFC826), PPP or SLIP.

[@Megatog615]

huh, i remember mentioning this to you on your stream
i'm glad you got a chance to see that thing. it was one of the most exciting video series that adrian has done so far in my opinion.
...gonna port BSD to it? 🤔

[@NCommander]

2MiB of RAM is a bit small for any of the current era BSDs. That said, if Adrian's down, I have some ideas on where to go next.

[@johnsimon8457]

Ohhhh! I am here for this collaboration!
🤜 🤛

[@win7best]

Oh so this is what the community post was about

[@kgfgfg1]

Any plan to upload a long Version of your visit?
This visit is a perfect match to your current UNIX Saga ;)

[@NCommander]

I have to see what footage I actually have, and then I might lay a voiceover, but I don't have have a recording of my terminal session

[@esra_erimez]

I have been watching this Plexus series! The basement looks cozy!

[@cod.liver.failure]

yes! as soon as i saw this had a c compiler, i thought of you

[@AnonyDave]

The crossover we didn't know we needed until it happened!

[@asanjuas]

Glad to see you while i viewing the video on aix on your rs/6000

[@lillywho]

Nice hair!

[@NCommander]

I've been growing it out sine 2020, thanks!

[@Vinpupx1]

Woah, didn't expect this crossover. Neat!

[@superslammer]

I must have missed that you had so much hair! :D

[@NCommander]

I don't usually have it down when I do videos, but my hair tie did a runner.

[@systemchris]

​@@NCommander You unleashed the beast!

[@DrCoomerHvH]

omg this cross over is amazing

[@framebuffers]

top 10 crossovers of all time

[@stormx2827]

Time for my annual appointment at adrian's digital basement for some intensive probing, better safe than sorry.

[@SoulcatcherLucario]

are you going to vcf midwest? going there to (hopefully, at least) celebrate beating cancer so it'd be nice to bump into you 👀

[@NCommander]

I legitimately don't know, given everything in my life ATM.

[@hrothdaomio5272]

trumpets blaring! 23

[@t94xr]

OMG Michaels Digital Basement!

[@cod.liver.failure]

i see fortune in the session, that must be a new thing... and maybe a rom hack... or you managed to find the kernel source and rebuilt it... gah, i wanna see more

[@NathanAllworth]

Welcome to Portland!

[@VladiFx]

big boys play like this :D :D

[@rchltmedia]

you need team, Adrian...

[@elgrito9688]

The gathering of titans! :D

[@NJRoadfan]

Clearly much more comfortable with a genuine Murray Hill UNIX.

[@NCommander]

Got to pay those AT&T licensing fees :)

[@GSGL]

Is this a crossover episode?

[@NCommander]

Not yet, but hopefully.

[@fra4455]

Great👍

[@agle_6098]

aaa!! coool!!!

[@NaoPb]

Nice, a crossover episode!

[@GarthBeagle]

Hahaha, perfect!

[@asanjuas]

More video?

[@NCommander]

At the moment, I only had about an hour to work on it, but likely down the line.

[@thomaswinston5142]

Are they married to each other? 😅

[@pozdroszejset4460]

/unix

[@KB0OTY]

Cool. Now rig us up a way to ssh into it.