Re: [FRIAM] Historical Software Collection

2013-11-08 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Apparently, they had a fire. https://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-please-help-rebuild/ Scanning Center Fire — Please Help Rebuild Posted on November 6, 2013 by brewster Scanning Center Fire Scanning Center with Fire Damage to Left of Main Building This

[FRIAM] Historical Software Collection

2013-10-29 Thread glen e. p. ropella
https://archive.org/details/historicalsoftware This collection contains selected historically important software packages from the Internet Archive's software archives. Through the use of in-browser emulators, it is possible to try out these items and experiment with using them, without the

Re: [FRIAM] Historical Software Collection

2013-10-29 Thread Gary Schiltz
Wow, that’s cool. It’s a shame that so much software will never see the light of day. Many billions of dollars were spent developing software in the 80s for the DOD as well as Soviet agencies. I’ve heard it argued that the USSR lost the cold war mainly because the USA made them spend so much on

Re: [FRIAM] Historical Software Collection

2013-10-29 Thread glen e. p. ropella
For many of the same reasons, I also found this site interesting: http://www.compileonline.com/index.php Compile and Execute your favorite programming languages online, click any of the following to proceed! I honestly had never heard of Malbolge, Factor, and Fantom. Gary Schiltz wrote

Re: [FRIAM] Historical Software Collection

2013-10-29 Thread Steve Smith
Wow, that’s cool. It’s a shame that so much software will never see the light of day. Many billions of dollars were spent developing software in the 80s for the DOD as well as Soviet agencies. I’ve heard it argued that the USSR lost the cold war mainly because the USA made them spend so much