G'day Bruce, Fantastic news about your hobbyist licensed software and manuals and now the Nova and Eclipse emulators becoming part of OpenSimh. The Windows & Linux binary only releases were difficult for some of us. I think now with an open-source emulator "Novas Are Forever" becomes a reality. :-)
Best regards Tom On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 1:18 PM Bruce Ray via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day Jay - > > > - You mention that the emulator combines "the SimH project structure" > > with Wild Hare's commercial code. I take this to mean that the emulator > > is an extension of simh to support the listed DG processors and > > devices. Can you clarify which version (and ideally commit id) of simh > > is this based on? > > OpenSimH rev 4, simh git commit id: 009d748a > > > - I noticed that the license document available on the dgbeta > > <http://www.novasareforever.org/dgbeta/> page only covers the legacy > > software produced by DG. Given the inclusion of commercial code in the > > simh executables, can you clarify what license the emulator binaries are > > released under? (Ideally this would be published along side the legacy > > license text). > > The standard SimH structure is used and its license is honored. > > > > > - Do you envision at some point publishing the simh emulator changes as > > a pull request to the simh project (presumably under the simh license)? > > The new Nova and Eclipse emulator, along with the commercial components, > will become part of the standard OpenSimH project and its license. > > > > Again, thank you for your efforts here. It's great to see this software > > opened up to hobbyist use. > > --Jay > > > > > > On 11/10/2022 5:47 PM, Bruce Ray via cctalk wrote: > >> > >> Wild Hare Computer Systems is pleased to announce the public beta > >> release of its Data General Nova and Eclipse emulator. > >> > >> This emulator allows the full range of DG 16-bit Nova and Eclipse > >> computer software to run on Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms, and > >> will become a major part of Wild Hare's increased efforts to preserve > >> Data General's significant contributions to computer history. > >> > >> The emulator combines portions of Wild Hare's commercial products with > >> the SimH project structure to create a single emulator for the 16-bit > >> Nova and Eclipse computers. The program supports a wide range of > >> features, including: > >> > >> Processors: > >> > >> unmapped Nova, SuperNova, Nova 1200, Nova 800, Nova 2, Nova 3, Nova > 4 > >> mapped Nova 840 > >> mapped Nova 3/D > >> mapped Nova 4/X > >> Eclipse S/130 > >> Eclipse S/140 > >> Eclipse S/150 > >> Eclipse S/120 > >> Eclipse Desktop Generation Model 20 and Model 30 > >> > >> > >> Peripherals: > >> > >> TTI/TTO primary console (TeleType) input/output > >> RTC real-time clock > >> TTI1/TTO1 secondary console (TeleType) input/output > >> PTR paper tape reader > >> PTP paper tape punch > >> PLT plotter > >> LPT line printer > >> MTA mag tape unit > >> DSK fixed-head disks > >> DKP moving head disks > >> DEP Desktop Generation disks > >> DZP popular "Zebra" moving head disks > >> QTY 4060 "Quad" asynchronous multiplexers > >> ALM 4255 Asynchronous Line Multiplexers > >> > >> > >> Software: > >> > >> Operating Systems > >> > >> DOS Novas (first DOS written for Nova) > >> URDOS RDOS for Novas and Eclipses (in unmapped mode) > >> MRDOS RDOS for Mapped Nova 840 > >> NRDOS RDOS for Mapped Nova 3/D and Nova 4/X > >> ZRDOS RDOS for Mapped Eclipses > >> MP/OS Nova 4 > >> DG/RDOS Eclipses > >> AOS Eclipses > >> MP/AOS Eclipses > >> > >> Languages > >> > >> ASM (Assembler) > >> MAC (Macro Assembler) > >> ALGOL > >> DG/L > >> FORTRAN 4 > >> FORTRAN 5 > >> FORTRAN 77 > >> Extended BASIC > >> Business BASIC > >> MP Pascal > >> SP Pascal > >> COBOL > >> Interactive COBOL (ICOBOL) > >> PL/1 > >> RPG II > >> IDEA > >> INFOS II > >> CEO > >> > >> Prior Data General knowledge is beneficial to using the emulator and > >> corresponding DG software. For convenience, Wild Hare has created > >> container files of pre-configured operating system environments and > >> their corresponding languages to minimize the time needed to enjoy the > >> full DG "experience". > >> > >> This "beta-level" software release is intended to gather user feedback > >> to help guide future product development. Bug reports, comments, > >> suggestions, ridicule and giggles can be sent to > >> [email protected]. > >> > >> Further information is contained in the emulator beta release web page: > >> > >> www.NovasAreForever.org/dgbeta > >> > >> > >> > >> Bruce Ray > >> Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc. > >> Denver, Colorado USA > >> [email protected] > >> > >> ...preserving the Data General legacy: www.NovasAreForever.org >
