DG Tapes: Nova Fortran IV

Hi folks, It seems to me that self-hosting 16-bit compilers for old minicomputers are very thin on the ground. Yet from my viewpoint they are interesting and worth preserving, because they are a good demonstration of what could be achieved using fairly limited hardware. Recently, I've been looking at the Data General RDOS Fortran IV compiler manual. It seems a very comprehensive version of the language, and it's actually Fortran '66 with some extensions, and looks very practical. However, the standard RDOS images for SIMH don't come with the Fortran compiler, only assembler. Here are the only two references I've found on the net for the Fortran IV tapes: http://www.chookfest.net/nova3/paper-tapes.html http://www.ludd.luth.se/~ragge/nova/swdocs.html How easy would it be to get these tapes transcribed; dumped onto an RDOS disk and made available for SIMH? -cheers from julz @P __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com