April 2026 - Oberon - mailman3.inf.ethz.ch

Re: [Oberon] Export of Oberon Mail.SendCmd().
by Joerg 30 Oct '26

30 Oct '26

Generally, re-using code instead of copying is a good approach. If you do so, then the whole code of Mail is imported in News. Possible but perhaps there is even a better approach to re-use code. What about this: try to separate all common code in an own module (e.g call it Communication.Mod or MsgBase.Mod or Utilities.Mod or so) and import this new module in Mail and in News. br Jörg > Am 14.06.2023 um 19:53 schrieb peter(a)easthope.ca: > > Hello again, > > Several procedures in Mail are used in Oberon News. Rg.: > Mail.ParseContent(), Mail.DecodeMessage() & Mail.GetSetting(). > > Is export of SendCmd() and use in News objectionable? > Ie. in Mail, change PROCEDURE SendCmd(...) to PROCEDURE SendCmd*(...). > > Thanks, ... P. > > - > mobile: +1 778 951 5147 > VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 > > -- > Oberon(a)lists.inf.ethz.ch mailing list for ETH Oberon and related systems > https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon

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Oberon system 3 runs on real Raspberry Pi hardware
by Rochus Keller 15 Jun '26

15 Jun '26

Hello everyone In case you want to try the Oberon system on a real Raspberry Pi, here is an image ready to flash on an SD card with instructions: https://github.com/rochus-keller/OberonSystem3Native/releases/tag/2026-04-10 I did all debugging and testing on a Raspberry Pi model 3b (which is still regularly available for purchase), but the image should also run on the Pi Zero 2. Best regards Rochus Keller

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Oberon System 3 now also runs on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2
by Rochus Keller 06 May '26

06 May '26

Hello everyone Meanwhile I managed to make the Oberon System 3 also work on the Raspi Zero 2 (and 2w). The Zero 2 was my actual target because it is a very lean board and available worldwide for less than 20 USD (in production at least until 2030); unexpectedly, the migration was quite an effort though, even if the hardware architecture is essentially the same as the 3b; the system was able to boot and recognize keyboard and mouse, but there were actually several separate problems to be solved, each masking the other. I've also learned that different versions of Lenovo keyboards surprisingly come with different product and vendor IDs (even though it's the same protocol), and I've now included all the ones I've found. So I hope that the trackpoint issue reported by Ulrich Hoffmann is solved as well. See here for more information and a ready image: https://github.com/rochus-keller/OberonSystem3Native/releases/tag/2026-04-28 Best regards R.K.

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Oberon System 3 migrated to ARMv7, runs on QEMU raspi2b, real Raspi 3b hardware WIP
by Rochus Keller 02 Apr '26

02 Apr '26

Hello everyone In case anyone is interested, I managed to migrated the Oberon System 3 v2.3.7 to ARMv7, so far with a kernel, SD card, display and USB driver compatible with Raspberry Pi model 3b, 2b and Zero 2. The system boots and runs with QEMU 10.2 on the raspi2b machine, on which I did the development. I'm currently debugging the system via Jtag on a real Pi 3b and hope to make it work soon. Here are precompiled versions of the tools and the QEMU image directly available for download: https://github.com/rochus-keller/OberonSystem3Native/releases/tag/2026-04-02 Best regards Rochus Keller

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