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Gary Palter

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The version of the emulator (VLM) in this release is an unofficial port created by translating the Alpha assembler version to C. It has some serious problems. (E.g., some clock related functionality runs at about 3x speed.)

The VLM has now been ported to Intel and ARM assembler code. Also, Genera itself has been rebuilt and contains numerous improvements, including NFSv3 and NFSv4 support. Genera now identifies itself as Genera 9.0.5, Open Genera 3.0.5, and …

7 Jul 2023 at 17:16 | Wall-to-wall | Open on hachyderm.io
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Gary Palter

@lisp_discussions
... Portable Genera 2.0.5. (The latter refers to the Intel and ARM emulators.)

I'm still waiting for permission from the Symbolics IP owner to make this version available. 🤞

7 Jul 2023 at 17:18 | Open on hachyderm.io
Yaroslav Khnygin

@gmpalter @lisp_discussions Is it possible to make it a GPL/MIT/BSD-licensed release?

7 Jul 2023 at 17:26 | Open on mastodon.ie
Gary Palter

@surabax @lisp_discussions
I’m fairly certain that the IP's owner won’t do that. However, he has indicated that he's willing to make it available for non-commercial use.

7 Jul 2023 at 17:32 | Open on hachyderm.io
dave

@surabax @lisp_discussions @gmpalter any way to convince them otherwise? It's a huge piece of history that belongs in the commons.

8 Jul 2023 at 1:31 | Open on toot.cat
happycube

@dthompson @surabax @lisp_discussions @gmpalter Baby steps. Also I think he used to make a decent bit of money on service contracts at least into the 2010's.

8 Jul 2023 at 3:39 | Open on hachyderm.io
Gary Palter

@happycube @dthompson @surabax @lisp_discussions
That’s David Schmidt and he’s not the owner of the IP.

8 Jul 2023 at 13:40 | Open on hachyderm.io
blake shaw 🇵🇸
clint326

@gmpalter @surabax @lisp_discussions

The owner isn’t DB from ExperTelligence, is it? I worked for them in the 1984-85 timeframe. Fantastic experience! I remember going to a big Symbolics party during IJCAI ‘85 in Los Angeles. I’d love to see at least some of the Symbolics IP become open source.

8 Jul 2023 at 4:25 | Open on hachyderm.io
Gary Palter

@clint326 @surabax @lisp_discussions
It’s not DB. I don’t feel comfortable naming the actual owner.

8 Jul 2023 at 13:40 | Open on hachyderm.io
clint326

@gmpalter @surabax @lisp_discussions

Understood. I look forward to watching this play out. It could be very interesting. But, I'm 60 so let's keep it moving, lol.

8 Jul 2023 at 15:05 | Open on hachyderm.io
Gary Palter

@lisp_discussions
Here’s the VLM running on my Mac mini (M2 Pro). (Screen size chosen to keep the image size reasonable.)
7 Jul 2023 at 17:33 | Open on hachyderm.io
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