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 ====== ST Mint: Opensource Unix for Atari ST ====== ====== ST Mint: Opensource Unix for Atari ST ======
 ST Mint  is a [[https://freemint.github.io/|FreeMiNT]] distribution which provides an opensource Unix environment for the 16/32 bits Atari line of computers. ST Mint  is a [[https://freemint.github.io/|FreeMiNT]] distribution which provides an opensource Unix environment for the 16/32 bits Atari line of computers.
-The target platform are Atari ST(E) and Mist FGPA board with at least 4 MB of RAM, 128MB SD Card [[https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=48|drive]], ST High Resolution.+The target platform are Atari ST(E) and Mist FPGA board with at least 4 MB of RAM, 512MB SD Card [[https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=48|drive]], ST High Resolution. It will also work on Atari TT but is not optimized for those machines.
  
 ST Mint is distributed in the form of a ready to boot disk image, to use for instance with [[https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=48|Lotharek's UltraSatan drive]] ST Mint is distributed in the form of a ready to boot disk image, to use for instance with [[https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=48|Lotharek's UltraSatan drive]]
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 == Disk image == == Disk image ==
-Download: [[http://www.subsole.org/static/retrocomputing/st_mint-1.4.img.zip| ACSI disk image]]+Download: [[https://subsole.org/static/retrocomputing/st_mint-1.5.img.zip| ACSI disk image]]
  
 ===== Writing the media ===== ===== Writing the media =====
    
-  * unzip the SD card image, and write to it a SD card. The card has to be 128MB minimum, and all previous data on the SD card will be erased. How to write the SD card image depends on your platform:+  * unzip the SD card image, and write to it a SD card. The card has to be 512MB minimum, and all previous data on the SD card will be erased. How to write the SD card image depends on your platform:
     * Linux & Unix: follow this tutorial  http://askubuntu.com/questions/179437/how-can-i-burn-a-raspberry-pi-image-to-sd-card-from-ubuntu or use ''dd''     * Linux & Unix: follow this tutorial  http://askubuntu.com/questions/179437/how-can-i-burn-a-raspberry-pi-image-to-sd-card-from-ubuntu or use ''dd''
     * Windows: Download the Win32DiskImager program, and follow this tutorial: http://raspi.tv/2012/how-to-make-a-raspberry-pi-disk-image-to-sd-card-with-win32diskimager     * Windows: Download the Win32DiskImager program, and follow this tutorial: http://raspi.tv/2012/how-to-make-a-raspberry-pi-disk-image-to-sd-card-with-win32diskimager
-    * OsX: follow this tutorial: http://www.embeddedarm.com/support/faqs.php?item=10 +    * OsX: follow this tutorial: https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/23640 
-After inserting the media in your Ultrasatan device, your ST should boot into ST Mint. After booting a 4MB machine, you should have around 1MB of RAM free for applications.+ 
 +===== Using ST Mint ===== 
 + 
 +== First Boot == 
 +After inserting the media in your Ultrasatan device, your ST should boot into ST Mint. The boot sequence is quite long, and will start in the end the XaaES graphical environment with the TeraDesk desktop. When using a 4MB machine, you should have around 1MB of RAM free for applications.
  
 == Try out multitasking == == Try out multitasking ==
-After a rather slow boot sequence, you should land on the desktop.+
 Click on COMMAND.TOS, and 2048.APP and notice the two apps running simultaneously. Such a thing is not possible using the standard Atari TOS. Click on COMMAND.TOS, and 2048.APP and notice the two apps running simultaneously. Such a thing is not possible using the standard Atari TOS.
  
 {{:st-mint-0.8-multitaskdemo.png?200|}} {{:st-mint-0.8-multitaskdemo.png?200|}}
  
-== Try out a Unix Shell ==+== Try out a Unix shell ==
 Click on the Desk menu  ==> TosWin2 ==> File ==> Start shell Click on the Desk menu  ==> TosWin2 ==> File ==> Start shell
 and enjoy /bin/mksh, a Korn shell clone. and enjoy /bin/mksh, a Korn shell clone.
 Note that due to the very limited hardware of the ST compared to current standards, you can at most only run simple Unix command line tools. Note that due to the very limited hardware of the ST compared to current standards, you can at most only run simple Unix command line tools.
  
-== Play some PCM Audio (Atari STE with 8MB RAM minimum) == 
-After starting Unix shell, you can play some music, courtesy of my previous [[https://subsole.org/manuka|Live Dub bands]]. 
-From the Unix shell: 
- 
-<code> 
-cd /d/demodata 
-fplay * 
-</code> 
  
 ===== With an emulator ===== ===== With an emulator =====
-Use the downloaded .img file as an emulated ACSI device, and just boot. If you use the [[http://hatari.tuxfamily.org/|Hatari]] emulator, it would be: +Use the downloaded .img file as an emulated ACSI device, and just boot. If you use the [[http://hatari.tuxfamily.org/|Hatari]] emulator, the command should be: 
-<code>hatari --acsi st_mint-1.4.img</code>+<code>hatari --memsize 8 --mono --acsi st_mint-1.5.img</code>
  
 == What's inside == == What's inside ==
   * Atari Hard Disk Driver 5 from http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/atari/diskutil/ahdi5.zoo   * Atari Hard Disk Driver 5 from http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/atari/diskutil/ahdi5.zoo
-  * FreeMiNT 1.19 build from 2022 snapshot+  * FreeMiNT 1.19 2024 snapshot
   * 2048.APP from https://ptonthat.fr/two-o-forty-eight/   * 2048.APP from https://ptonthat.fr/two-o-forty-eight/
   * COMMAND.TOS interpreter from http://download.minix3.org/previous-versions/Atari/   * COMMAND.TOS interpreter from http://download.minix3.org/previous-versions/Atari/
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 See the Roadmap on [[https://github.com/EmmanuelKasper/mck/wiki/Roadmap | github]]. See the Roadmap on [[https://github.com/EmmanuelKasper/mck/wiki/Roadmap | github]].
 For General Questions, please[[http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=27040 | use this thread]] on the Atari Forums. For General Questions, please[[http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=27040 | use this thread]] on the Atari Forums.
-For Bug Reports, use the [[https://github.com/EmmanuelKasper/mck/issues | Contruction Kit Bug Tracker]]+For Bug Reports, use the [[https://github.com/EmmanuelKasper/mck/issues | Construction Kit Bug Tracker]]
  
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