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    From Aharon Robbins@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 21 09:26:21 2021
    Hello all. I have put together a disk image with a bunch of software preinstalled and made it available from my web site. See https://www.skeeve.com/3b1/ for brief descriptions. Of primary interest is https://www.skeeve.com/3b1/full+lots-sw.img.gz which has the following:

    + 12 disk foundation set
    + FIXDISK 2.0
    + development set
    + documentation preparation set
    + curses/terminfo end user disk
    + curses development set disk
    + enhanced editors disk
    + cryptograhy set disks
    + 3 login windows via inittab
    + ksh88
    + The Georgia Tech 'se' screen editor
    + gzip 1.24a
    + gnu make 2.75
    + gnu tar 1.13
    + gawk 2.15.4
    + gcc 2.5.8
    + improved df from comp.sources.3b1
    + uuencode and uudecode from comp.sources.3b1
    + patch version 2.0.0

    /etc/profile has been modified to put /usr/local/bin into $PATH
    before the standard directories, and to set the interrupt character
    to ^C and the kill character to ^U, as per modern conventions.

    In addition, https://www.skeeve.com/3b1/big-empty.img.gz is a large disk
    with an empty filesystem for mounting as a second disk. It can be used
    for development or whatever else you want. (mount /dev/fp012 /mnt)

    Source code for gzip, gnu tar, gnu make, df, uuencode and patch are
    included. GCC, gawk and SE came from the various 3B1 archives.

    I believe that the last version of GCC 3.x still supported the 3B1, but bootstrapping it is more than I have time for.

    Enjoy,

    Arnold
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    Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com

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  • From J Booth@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 21 14:17:59 2021
    Excellent Arnold! This should be great for anyone who wants to just get up and running on FreeBee and try things out. Thanks for putting this together!

    Jesse

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  • From Aharon Robbins@21:1/5 to Aharon Robbins on Fri Jan 29 10:39:19 2021
    I have updated the disk image with:

    + diffutils 2.17
    + Brian Kernighan's current awk
    + GDB 3.5 (doesn't work so well)

    Efforts to build a newer GDB failed, due to not enough virtual address
    space to compile some of the files. Sorry.

    Enjoy,

    Arnold

    In article <rubhbs$1op4$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:
    Hello all. I have put together a disk image with a bunch of software >preinstalled and made it available from my web site. See >https://www.skeeve.com/3b1/ for brief descriptions. Of primary interest is >https://www.skeeve.com/3b1/full+lots-sw.img.gz which has the following:

    + 12 disk foundation set
    + FIXDISK 2.0
    + development set
    + documentation preparation set
    + curses/terminfo end user disk
    + curses development set disk
    + enhanced editors disk
    + cryptograhy set disks
    + 3 login windows via inittab
    + ksh88
    + The Georgia Tech 'se' screen editor
    + gzip 1.24a
    + gnu make 2.75
    + gnu tar 1.13
    + gawk 2.15.4
    + gcc 2.5.8
    + improved df from comp.sources.3b1
    + uuencode and uudecode from comp.sources.3b1
    + patch version 2.0.0

    /etc/profile has been modified to put /usr/local/bin into $PATH
    before the standard directories, and to set the interrupt character
    to ^C and the kill character to ^U, as per modern conventions.

    In addition, https://www.skeeve.com/3b1/big-empty.img.gz is a large disk
    with an empty filesystem for mounting as a second disk. It can be used
    for development or whatever else you want. (mount /dev/fp012 /mnt)

    Source code for gzip, gnu tar, gnu make, df, uuencode and patch are
    included. GCC, gawk and SE came from the various 3B1 archives.

    I believe that the last version of GCC 3.x still supported the 3B1, but >bootstrapping it is more than I have time for.

    Enjoy,

    Arnold
    --
    Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com


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  • From DoN. Nichols@21:1/5 to Aharon Robbins on Sun Feb 7 22:11:32 2021
    On 2021-01-29, Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:
    I have updated the disk image with:

    + diffutils 2.17
    + Brian Kernighan's current awk
    + GDB 3.5 (doesn't work so well)

    Efforts to build a newer GDB failed, due to not enough virtual address
    space to compile some of the files. Sorry.

    Enjoy,

    Arnold

    So -- this is why you were asking for more swap space. Maximum
    virtual memory for the system is 4 MB, same as maximum physical memory.
    If your compiler is needing more memory than that -- all the swap space
    in the world won't help with this system.

    Maybe a cross-compiler, on something which has bigger address
    space would allow you to compile it and then move it to the 3B1 image.

    Good Luck,
    DoN.

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  • From Aharon Robbins@21:1/5 to DoN. Nichols on Mon Feb 8 05:45:00 2021
    Hi Don.

    In article <slrns20pal.rip.BPdnicholsBP@Katana.d-and-d.com>,
    DoN. Nichols <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> wrote:
    On 2021-01-29, Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:
    I have updated the disk image with:

    + diffutils 2.17
    + Brian Kernighan's current awk
    + GDB 3.5 (doesn't work so well)

    Efforts to build a newer GDB failed, due to not enough virtual address
    space to compile some of the files. Sorry.

    So -- this is why you were asking for more swap space. Maximum
    virtual memory for the system is 4 MB, same as maximum physical memory.
    If your compiler is needing more memory than that -- all the swap space
    in the world won't help with this system.

    Indeed. I did manage to make a disk image with more swap space, but it
    didn't help. The situation is even worse; it seems that maximum process
    size is ~ 2.5 MB.

    Maybe a cross-compiler, on something which has bigger address
    space would allow you to compile it and then move it to the 3B1 image.

    A friend is working on exactly this for me. It's a challenge, as only
    really old GCC and binutils supported the 3B1. But I have high hopes he'll (eventually) succeed. No ETA yet.

    Thanks,

    Arnold
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    Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com

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