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Stephen Borrill
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My interests begin with B: #Bass (#bassguitar), Beats (drums), Bearings (#orienteering), Bytes (IT and #BSD), Babes (family), Bikes (motor), Beer (#realale) […]

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@philpem I got the source in around 1999 after it was ported to #freebsd and I got it working on #netbsd. I don't think it came via RISCiX, I think the chronologies wouldn't work
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
@philpem I do have the source to build a version that runs on BSD
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
@losttourist because when the bomb dropped we'd all be living underground
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@losttourist I've just done the bin run for my mum and can indeed testify that it is grim up north, something I've only hitherto suspected
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
@simon_brooke @stefano bearing in mind that the A540/R260 topped out at 16MB and the 4MB upgrades were hard to come by, I think many people ran RISCiX with less. X11 just about works on a 4MB A440/1 machine albeit with a little swapping...
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
@losttourist Reheated kebab, that's the complete breakfast meal
November 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Better yet at the triple-Greggs point, behind you are two Cooplands which are like Greggs, but more northern.
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM