On: Gameboy Advance Development by Example: Drawing an...

[gravypod]

Has anyone written a Unix-like OS that runs in a GBA? Maybe you could even build a cartidge with IO (keyboard support) and a simple com port for networking.

[ginko → gravypod]

Yeah, there was this: http://www.kernelthread.com/publications/gbaunix/

It's of course severely limited due to the small amount of memory and lack of an MMU.

[juliangoldsmith → gravypod]

You wouldn't really even need to put the keyboard and serial port in the cart. The GBA already has the link cable, which could be used for serial data.

[erik → gravypod]

If I recall correctly, there was some work done on getting Linux running on the GBA. I think DSLinux started with that.

[strangecasts → gravypod]

Not "Unix-like", but Contiki 1 got ported: https://github.com/adamdunkels/contiki-1.x/tree/master/conti...