3 Nov
2000
3 Nov
'00
5:18 a.m.
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 02:30:17PM -0500, Douglas
Quebbeman wrote:
Yeah, he said it's just not ready yet...
I'm still waiting to get my hands on one of these mythical PDP-10
emulators... I want my own DECSYSTEM-10, even if it's really
running on an old Mac.
Supposedly, KLH's emulator will be released in binary form "in the
near future", i.e. when he gets time. This information is third-hand,
so don't hold your breath.
I don't know anything about the status of Stu Grossman's emulator.
Daniel Seagraves is actively working on his KL-10 emulator
called "e10", at http://bony.umtec.com/pdp10.html. Megan Gentry's early emulator work seems to have
disappeared, maybe
it's just no longer accessable online.
Megan has the real thing, tho, doesn't she?
Finally, our last best hope comes from Timothy Stark,
who's been
working like a ferret on meth to get his KS10 emulator out the door.
He's been teasing us with the screendumps of his emulator in progress,
and it boots and runs TOPS-10 promisingly well. The first source
release should be within the very, very near future, within a few
weeks or so. I'm sure someone will let the group know when it hits
the streets, so we can all be beta testers!
Cool... too bad, the only DECtape I had was rented; wish I'd
bought it. Among other things, I had Richard Greenblatt's
Makhak chess program. Is that still around? IIRC, it played
about a 1600 point game, perfect for lousy-chess-player me.
-dq