The Gambit@30 workshop was a blast! For those who couldn’t make it, you can find PDFs for some of the presentations on github at https://github.com/gambit/gambit-at-30 .
The repository also contains the compressed image of mimosa for running Gambit on bare metal. You can copy the image to a real IDE HDD and use it to boot a real PC, or use the QEMU emulator like this:
% gunzip -c mimosa.img.gz > mimosa.img % qemu-system-i386 -m 1G -hda mimosa.img
Once booted, here are some interesting things to type at the Gambit REPL:
> (current-directory) > (directory-files) > (load "fact.scm") > (load "fib.scm") ;; run it interpreted > (compile-and-load "fib.scm") ;; run it compiled to x86 > (load "x86-asm.scm") ;; x86 assembler example > (load "x86-os.scm") ;; read RTC with in/out instructions > (edit "fib.scm") ;; save/exit with ESC key
The state of the filesystem is preserved in mimosa.img. This includes the REPL history and any files generated or edited with `(edit ...)`.
Have fun!
Marc