16 Sep
2002
16 Sep
'02
3:48 a.m.
Well, the only PC thats allowed anywhere near the vintage computer room
(basement) is quite
vintage itself, it does not have Java, nor Pearl, or much of anything.
Should 'ReImlacs' become available, I agree a portable assembler would
be very important, but
right now there are something like TWO working Imlac's in the world.
The one I need to assemble
code for would have to be supported by a specific PC, that already has a
large number of other
software dependancies on it already (as it also supports some vintage HP
hardware).
Given that many modern non-PC workstations have workable DOS-in-a-window
emulators, a basic
16-bit DOS application would work just fine for now, or a basic windows
program would work fine..
So lets keep the focus on getting the actual machines supported, then
think about ports for an Atari, etc.
Personally, I'd be tempted to write all the supporting software in
HP-IPL/OS, one of the LEAST portable
platforms in the world!
Roger Merchberger wrote:
Rumor has it that Jeffrey Sharp may have mentioned
these words:
On Friday, September 13, 2002, Bob Shannon
wrote:
Why not make it a lot *more* platform independent... e.g. Perl.
There's a version of Perl 4.0.36 that runs on Atari STs (not too
badly, either...) kinda bringing this back ontopic... ;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
--
Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
zmerch(a)30below.com
What do you do when Life gives you lemons,
and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????
A Windows machine would be the most practical
host.
I suggest you make it platform-independent (e.g. Java).