My business card runs Linux • Hacker News Board

dmitrygr wrote: post #24

camtarn wrote: post #22

"My business card emulates a long-obsolete MIPS-based DEC computer, which then runs Linux" is a more accurate, and certainly significantly more impressive, description :)

Just you wait, i am working on booting ULTRIX on it, and then hopefully emulating JAZZ system and booting windows NT (video provided over virtual vnc over virtual ethernet over usb)

can you then run WSL so we can get back to Linux again?

Re: My business card runs Linux

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Post by 28304283409234 » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 7:46 AM UTC

Ahhhhh I remember my DamnSmallLinux Business Card CD. Those were the days.

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cd.html

Re: My business card runs Linux

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Post by jsiaajdsdaa » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 7:52 AM UTC

nigrioid wrote: post #79

Impressive. Very nice.

Let's see macOS' business card.

Re: My business card runs Linux

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Post by jaclaz » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 7:57 AM UTC

ceejayoz wrote: post #6

"Hey, stranger! Here's my card. Plug it into your computer's USB slot." Cool project, but as a business card, making someone think they're about to install Stuxnet might not be the best first impression. Heh.

Yep, or viceversa it could be a good test, my comment on the other, old, thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21871249

Re: My business card runs Linux

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Post by walrus01 » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 8:06 AM UTC

I wonder how simple I could make a business card with a microcontroller on it that only had a serial UART with copper pads to solder wires to, or some kind of pins.

People will be paranoid about inserting a USB device into their PC, but maybe a business card thing clearly labeled like "I am a 96008N1 RS232 terminal" would encourage people to wire it up and take a look.

Re: My business card runs Linux

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Post by dmitrygr » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 8:10 AM UTC

walrus01 wrote: post #88

I wonder how simple I could make a business card with a microcontroller on it that only had a serial UART with copper pads to solder wires to, or some kind of pins. People will be paranoid about inserting a USB device into their PC, but maybe a business card thing clearly labeled like "I am a 96008N1 RS232 terminal" would encourage people to wire it up and take a look.

Revision 0 was precisely this. Until I realized that literally nobody will never use it then

Re: My business card runs Linux

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Post by walrus01 » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 8:12 AM UTC

dmitrygr wrote: post #89

walrus01 wrote: post #88

I wonder how simple I could make a business card with a microcontroller on it that only had a serial UART with copper pads to solder wires to, or some kind of pins. People will be paranoid about inserting a USB device into their PC, but maybe a business card thing clearly labeled like "I am a 96008N1 RS232 terminal" would encourage people to wire it up and take a look.

Revision 0 was precisely this. Until I realized that literally nobody will never use it then

People in the small UAV industry absolutely would since serial uarts are incredibly common interfaces on small flight controllers, how they talk to radios for command/control and to motor ESCs.