Show HN: Oberon System 3 on Raspi Zero 2 (with ready SD card)

Category: other

Tags: oberon, operating-system, retrocomputing, arm, raspberry-pi, modula-2

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 9, Documentation: 6, Utility: 6)

This project ports the historic Oberon System 3 operating system to run natively on modern ARM single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 and 3B, using a Multiboot-compatible kernel and C99 toolchain. It is particularly interesting for its deep, low-level engineering triumphs over real hardware USB and memory caching bugs, reviving a unique, language-centric OS for modern retrocomputing and systems research.

Target audience: systems programmers, compiler enthusiasts, researchers

Repository: https://github.com/rochus-keller/OberonSystem3Native/releases/tag/2026-04-28 · Modula-2 · NOASSERTION · 149 stars

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