-----Original Message----- From: Bruce Ray <bruce at Wild-Hare.com> To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only <cctech at classiccmp.org> Sent: Thu, Dec 24, 2009 3:19 pm Subject: Data General software agreement pre-announcement (Merry Christmas) G'day DG legacy preservation fans -? ? After 9+ years of negotiations, Wild Hare has secured an agreement with Data General to recover, archive and release Data General 16-bit and some 32-bit software for educational and non-commercial purposes. A official announcement will be made next month, but I wanted to let list members know that sometimes good things can happen.? ? A special thanks is extended to the amazing William Donzelli, and to the quick-footed Carl Friend, who made the physical tape rescue in Massachusetts possible. Thanks also to the legal and technical folk at EMC (Data General) who finally made this a legal reality - and who might prefer annonymity at this point.? ? Details will be posted in a few weeks, but I wanted to share this bit of Merry Christmas for DG fans.? ? ? Bruce? ? Bruce Ray? Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc.? bkr at WildHareComputers.com? ? ...preserving the Data General legacy: www.NovasAreForever.com? ? That's really great news and we will be on the lookout for DG items here the Houston area to share with your effort. Thanks for your hard work. John Keys Houston Computer Museum

Congratulations! It provides some encouragement for other such arrangements. I am rather curious. How will the software actually be used? I know that many of the participants of the classiccmp list will use the software to run on their Data General hardware. However, is anyone still making changes to the operating system? Such as in fixing bugs or producing enhancements? Is the OS able to handle dates beyond 1999? I don't have any knowledge of DG software at this point, so I wonder how having permission to run the software will change anything? Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine