[Oberon] Oberon system 3 runs on real Raspberry Pi hardware

[Pablo Cayuela]

Dear Rochus,

I'm testing the image on an old 1 GB micro SD card.

On 2 Raspi 2b v1.1: after flashing the card, both boards run ok, in around
8 seconds appears the Oberon screen, and after around 34 more seconds
appears the mouse caret in the center of the screen. I have no issues with
Genius wireless USB keyboard and Genius corded mouse simultaneously. Due to
Oberon not having a procedure to shutdown, I simply disconnect the USB
supply on board.

On 2 Raspi 3b v1.2: similar to Raspi 2b, Oberon starts with the same delays.

I opened up the Oberon Desk, and some guide texts.
But when I want to see some programs in modules (.Mod) as well as in Unix
or Ascii, the system launches a trap on an error.

Maybe you could see in the attached pictures some of the aspects of the
fonts, with the white glow behind. I don't know if Oberon for ARM is
already like that.

Thank you for this great work Rochus!

Best regards,
Prof. Pablo Cayuela
Argentina


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On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 at 15:21, Pablo Cayuela <pablo.cayuela at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Rochus, what an achievement!
> I will give it a try.
>
> Prof. Pablo Cayuela
> Argentina
>
> On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 at 10:36, Rochus Keller <me at rochus-keller.ch> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> --
>> Oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch mailing list for ETH Oberon and related systems
>> https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon
>>
>
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