An #OpenBSD story just before summer break from Miod Vallat, lock in, this one is a bit of doozy, "Trojaned OpenSSH" (2002)
Certain names have been redacted. 😅
Some more "new" stories of old from Miod Vallat: HP's STI or "Standard Text Interface" aka "Some Terrific Idea"
"On an IBM PC clone, the BIOS provides you an "INT 10h" interface for video output, regardless of the video device you have in your machine; STI is an equivalent of this, for Unix."
You can now read the final part of the OpenBSD/zaurus story, as told by Miod. 😎
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Single-page version: miod.online.fr/software/ope...
Bryan Steele 🦋🍁
The first part in a two part story from Miod Vallat: #OpenBSD on the Sharp Zaurus, but first a short prelude on cats.
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Bryan Steele 🦋🍁
Some more software/hardware archaeology from Miod, this time about sparc frame bufers.
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"Math is hard", an OpenBSD/vax story by Miod Vallat.
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Bryan Steele 🦋🍁
You can now read the full 9-part #OpenBSD on Motorola 88K story as told by Miod Vallat.
Single-page version: miod.online.fr/software/ope...
Bryan Steele 🦋🍁
The first part in a 9-part (!) story, Miod Vallat on the history of #OpenBSD on Motorola 88000 processors.
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Bryan Steele 🦋🍁
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In order to be able to deliver performance and megahertz, another processor architecture was needed, one which could scale more easily.
Strap in for a long one! The 6-part story of OpenBSD/sgi as told by Miod Vallat!
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Single-page version: miod.online.fr/software/ope...
Before I start narrating the tale of BSD on MIPS in general and of OpenBSD on SGI in particular, you might want to familiarize yourself with SGI hardware over the years.
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A new #OpenBSD story from Miod Vallat: "Kernel stack hygiene"
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