Gregory's Server
@tubetime I had just finished reading that when I opened mastodon to see your message first in my feed :blobaww:
It's very impressive, I remember back when I found Ryo Mukai's write up of their Intel 8080 emulator running on a 4004 (https://github.com/ryomuk/emu8080on4004) I wondered if it were possible to emulate something that could run a modern operating system and Dmitry answered that question in the most thorough way possible :amaze:
@carbontwelve
#PostOfTheWeek (season 1):
It booted Debian Linux on a 4-bit intel microprocessor from 1971 - the first microprocessor in the world - the 4004. It is not fast, but it is a real Linux kernel with a Debian rootfs on a real board whose only CPU is a real intel 4004 from the 1970s. The video is sped up at variable rates to demonstrate this without boring you. The clock and calendar in the video are accurate. A constant-rate video is linked below.