New release (with WiFi!)

I’ve (finally!) put a new release on the download page.

The major news is that the DEUNA/DELUA component, XU, now has a frontend for wireless network based on ESP32. It’s not completely finished or bug free yet, but I’ve run it with 2.11BSD for about 6 weeks now and it seems pretty solid. Lots more information can be found on a dedicated howto page.

There are also numerous other changes; however, most of these are about MINC or internal changes to improve maintainability. You’ll find much more information in the blog posts between October 11 and December 29, 2022.

In short, this release is mainly about the wireless network. Since that requires a lot of hands-on anyway, for this time I’ll skip distributing pre-built bitstreams – and also I haven’t done all possible release tests. If you’re not going to run the wireless stuff or need the latest MINC additions, you can stick to the older version for now – there aren’t any changes you’d notice.

Curious? Surf to my semi-permanent test setup at http://pdp11.sytse.net/

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