The AM29000 series of processors were AMD’s entry into the world of super-fast next-generation silicon of the late 1980s. It was a time when ARM was still a niche architecture in a British educational computer, the 68000 series was still a major player, and it was by no means certain that the x86 would maintain its position. It therefore wasn’t an unreasonable choice for someone building a high performance computer at the time, which is what [Oscar Toledo G.] and his father did. If that wasn’t enough, he went on to write an operating system for it in AM29000 assembly, complete with a GUI, a C compiler, and an up-to-date web browser for the late 1990s. The story makes for an engaging read.It’s written across two parts, with the first looking at the computer and the early software development, and the second at the C compiler and web browser. It’s a tale of epic mastery of the machine, and something we remember ourselves, piecing together knowledge in a time before the Internet placed it all at our fingertips. Tales such as hand porting — we can’t really say compiling — C code into AM29000 machine code are completely next-level. You have to read these two write-ups, and there’s even an in-browser emulator should you want to try it.Meanwhile, in case you think something is a little familiar here, he’s the same person who brought us a Transputer in the browser.