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> Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:34:13 -0700 (PDT) > Message-ID: <0c560b91-35d2-4dcc-b859-a8eb4d22b...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Prime emulator source released on GitHub > From: Jim Wilcoxson <pri...@gmail.com> > > Today, with much help from Dennis Boone, I'm releasing the Prime > emulator source code on GitHub for non-commercial use. This is the full > version of the emulator running on Linux and supports: > > - all Prime CPU modes: 16S, 32S, 32R, 64R, 64V, 32I > - all Prime models, from the P400 to P6550 > - up to 512MB of memory, depending on the Primos rev and CPU > - a system console > - 128 incoming telnet terminal connections > - 8 disk controllers, 8 drives each > - support for all 25 disk drives sold by Prime > - a tape controller, 4 drives, using the .TAP format > - a PNC controller emulating RingNet over TCP/IP > - a bypass for Primos system serial number checks > - Unix utilities to read/write physical tapes & Magsav tapes > > Dennis owns the emulator GitHub repo and has also kindly agreed to take > over hosting of the public Prime emulators that have been online since > 2008. There are 7 public emulators running in a virtual Prime ring, > allowing both remote terminal sessions (netlink) and remote disk access > via PrimeNet. The Prime emulator on Linux is currently running 45-55 > Prime MIPS in 64V mode. > > A wide range of Prime software is loaded on the public emulators: > > - ftn screaming fast Prime Fortran 66 compiler, written in assembler > - f77 the not-so-screaming but full-featured Fortran '77 > - pl1g the PL/I Subset G compiler > - pl1 the full PL/I compiler > - plp the original Prime systems language (like PL/I) > - spl the 2nd generation Prime systems language > - cc the C compiler written by Garth Conby of Pacer Software > - pascal the Pascal compiler > - modula Wirth's successor to Pascal > - dbg Prime's source level debugger rivaling modern debuggers > - pma the Prime assembler > - basicv the Prime BASIC compiler > - cobol the original Prime COBOL compiler > - cbl the Prime COBOL '74 compiler > - emacs the full screen editor still used by many today (me!) > - midas the Prime indexed sequential file software > > This week we are working on releasing Prime disk images for all of the > public emulators to make it easy for others to get their own Prime up > and running. For the truly adventurous who want to bootstrap their own > Prime system, there are links in the emulator readme to Prime tape > images at Bitsavers and to a large library of Prime manuals. > > I learned more about operating systems, compilers, concurrency, and > other systems programming topics by reading Prime source code, making > changes to Primos, and fiddling with Prime hardware, than I did from all > of my college degree work. I loved Prime computers, Prime software, > Prime hardware, and the Prime Computer company, and am grateful to all > of the former Prime engineers that provided this robust and interesting > hardware and software platform. > > I hope you enjoy it too! https://github.com/prirun > > Jim _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
