Linux takes 4.76 days to boot on an ancient Intel 4004 CPU

[Qqmike]

... in my email this morning :-)

Linux takes 4.76 days to boot on an ancient Intel 4004 CPU — CPU precedes the OS by 20 years

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-comp...rce=SmartBrief

[Snowhog]

Link: TL;DNR (fully).

But hey, that he was able to use Linux on that CPU at all is simply amazing!

[newiron09]

Step 1: Make it work Step 2: Make is fast.


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[oshunluvr]

LOL, reminds me of a time, back in 1991, when I was tasked to run a program called "SimMod" on a Sun Sparc Station using UNIX. While everyone else was taking a break, I discovered it had multiple desktops and a task switcher. I immediately began launching multiple version of SimMod, right up until I crashed the entire system. I assume I over-loaded the RAM.

Point is, it took 4 hours to reboot! At least we were only done for the day and not the whole week, LOL!

I'm pretty sure using Unix for this 2 year project led me to eventually run Linux at home. I had been using OS/2 Warp before then. Ah, good times, good times...

[oshunluvr]

LOL, it looks like that program is still alive:

https://www.atac.com/simmod-pro/

[GreyGeek]

... I had been using OS/2 Warp before then. Ah, good times, good times...

OS/2 Warp led me to Linux. I was running OS2 in a DOS box and decided to go get a copy of OS/2 Warp. At the Nobel & Barnes bookstore, where OS's were sold at the time. OS/2 Warp was selling for $200, IIRC. I didn't want to pay that much again so I was browsing around for a less expensive OS and saw a book titled "Learn Linux in 24 Hours", by Bill Brush, for $25. It had a copy of RH5 on a CD in the back of the paperback. I bought it and installed it on my Sony desktop, which had been crashing repeatedly running Win95, which I had to reinstall 5 times between Dec 97 and May 1, 98. Running RH5 my Sony never crashed once between May and Sept 6, 1998, when I installed SuSE 6.4 because it featured KDE 1.0 Beta. I've been using KDE as my DE every since. Good times indeed!