It was thus said that the Great Henry Bent via cctalk once stated:
> On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 at 06:10, Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > FWIW compiling 25 years old a piece of software is even tougher, unless
> > you use contemporary tools in a contemporary envir
On Mon, 7 Oct 2024, Henry Bent via cctalk wrote:
> > FWIW compiling 25 years old a piece of software is even tougher, unless
> > you use contemporary tools in a contemporary environment, so while the
> > availability of the source code is surely always worth appreciating, the
> > challenge to mak
Maciej W. Rozycki [2024-10-07 12:04:29]:
FWIW compiling 25 years old a piece of software is even tougher, unless
you use contemporary tools in a contemporary environment, so while the
availability of the source code is surely always worth appreciating, the
challenge to make them run is not any
On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 at 06:10, Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> FWIW compiling 25 years old a piece of software is even tougher, unless
> you use contemporary tools in a contemporary environment, so while the
> availability of the source code is surely always worth a
On Mon, 7 Oct 2024, Harald Arnesen via cctalk wrote:
> > > Have you tried to run any libc5-program lately? Or a.out binaries?
> > Does WordPerfect 8 (released in 1998) count?
> >
> > If so, yes, I have:
> >
> > https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/20/wordperfect_for_unix_for_linux/
> >
> > Instr
Liam Proven via cctalk [2024-10-07 11:10:56]:
Have you tried to run any libc5-program lately? Or a.out binaries?
Does WordPerfect 8 (released in 1998) count?
If so, yes, I have:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/20/wordperfect_for_unix_for_linux/
Instructions to install it yourself:
https
On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 at 17:38, Harald Arnesen via cctalk
wrote:
> Have you tried to run any libc5-program lately? Or a.out binaries?
Does WordPerfect 8 (released in 1998) count?
If so, yes, I have:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/20/wordperfect_for_unix_for_linux/
Instructions to install it
On 2024-10-06 5:07 a.m., Evan Linwood via cctalk wrote:
A Data General MV/8000 emulator beta release is now available from my DG
legacy preservation web site:
This is really something - thanks so much Bruce!
Is there a recommended single board computer for the emulators, or
hardware card
> A Data General MV/8000 emulator beta release is now available from my DG
> legacy preservation web site:
This is really something - thanks so much Bruce!
> On Oct 5, 2024, at 11:35 AM, Bruce Ray via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
> On 10/4/2024 2:04 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>> Nice!
>>
>> So is this the current open-simh simulator, or a newer version? Will you
>> update the one in open-simh?
>>
>> paul
>>
>
> None of the SimH version
>>> A Data General MV/8000 emulator beta release is now available from my DG
>>> legacy preservation web site:
>>>
>>> www.NovasAreForever.org
>>
>> Very good. Will there be source code, for those of us not on x86 or ARM?
>>
>
> This is a new emulator that uses parts of our commercial product stuf
On Sat, 5 Oct 2024, Harald Arnesen via cctalk wrote:
> > Linux maintains backwards ABI compatibility as far as both the OS kernel
> > and the C library is concerned. If something breaks with an upgrade then
> > please report a bug rather than complaining on a random mailing list (not
> > that I
Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk [2024-10-05 16:51:13]:
On Sat, 5 Oct 2024, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote:
As the software is binary only it won't be "Forever", but only until the
next major change in Windows or Linux APIs which breaks binary
compatibility.
Linux maintains backwards ABI compati
On 10/4/2024 8:53 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote:
A Data General MV/8000 emulator beta release is now available from my DG
legacy preservation web site:
www.NovasAreForever.org
Very good. Will there be source code, for those of us not on x86 or ARM?
This is a new emulator that uses p
On 10/4/2024 2:04 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Nice!
So is this the current open-simh simulator, or a newer version? Will you
update the one in open-simh?
paul
None of the SimH versions currently has an MV emulator, so there is
technically nothing to "update".
This is a new
On Sat, 5 Oct 2024, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote:
> As the software is binary only it won't be "Forever", but only until the
> next major change in Windows or Linux APIs which breaks binary
> compatibility.
Linux maintains backwards ABI compatibility as far as both the OS kernel
and the C libra
not really, just run the emulator in a VM or even an x86 emulator with the old
winblows/linux.
--Carey
> On 10/04/2024 11:42 PM CDT Tom Hunter via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > ...
> > Now "MVs Are Forever..."
> > ...
> >
>
> As the software is binary only it won't be "Forever", but only un
>
> ...
> Now "MVs Are Forever..."
> ...
>
As the software is binary only it won't be "Forever", but only until the
next major change in Windows or Linux APIs which breaks binary
compatibility.
> A Data General MV/8000 emulator beta release is now available from my DG
> legacy preservation web site:
>
> www.NovasAreForever.org
Very good. Will there be source code, for those of us not on x86 or ARM?
--
personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ --
Nice!
So is this the current open-simh simulator, or a newer version? Will you
update the one in open-simh?
paul
> On Oct 4, 2024, at 1:57 PM, Bruce Ray via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> A Data General MV/8000 emulator beta release is now available from my DG
> legacy preservation web site:
>
Woohoo!
Rich Alderson
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 4, 2024, at 11:00, Bruce Ray via cctalk wrote:
>
> A Data General MV/8000 emulator beta release is now available from my DG
> legacy preservation web site:
>
> www.NovasAreForever.org
>
>
> The MV/8000 emulator runs AOS/VS and AOS/VS II, pl
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