LinuxMD: Porting Linux to the Sega MegaDrive via EverDrive Hardware
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A GitHub repository (LinuxMD/linuxmd) that ports a minimal Linux-like operating system to run on the Sega MegaDrive (Genesis) console, leveraging the EverDrive flash cartridge's special hardware features including its SSF2 mapper for 4MB of RAM, SD card file loading protocol, and timer register. The project includes a QEMU fork for emulation, though it notes the emulation doesn't accurately replicate the real hardware experience. The repository provides build instructions and documentation for getting Linux running on the retro console.
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Hacker NewsLinuxMD: Porting Linux to the Sega MegaDrive via EverDrive Hardwaregithub.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledIs this a joke? No
Probably not, the emulator would need to emulate the EverDrive's special SSF2 mapper that gives us 4MB of RAM, the EverDrive's protocol that allows the MegaDrive to load files from the SD card and the timer register the EverDrive provides.
Note that this doesn't really emulate the feel of the real thing, QEMU emulates the CPU way too fast.
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