> On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 02:30:17PM -0500, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
> >
> > I'm still waiting to get my hands on one of these mythical PDP-10
> > emulators... I want my own DECSYSTEM-10, even if it's really
> > running on an old Mac.
> >
>
> Supposedly, KLH's emulator will be released in binary form "in the
> near future", i.e. when he gets time. This information is third-hand,
> so don't hold your breath.
>
> I don't know anything about the status of Stu Grossman's emulator.
>
> Daniel Seagraves is actively working on his KL-10 emulator
> called "e10", at http://bony.umtec.com/pdp10.html.
Yeah, he said it's just not ready yet...
> Megan Gentry's early emulator work seems to have disappeared, maybe
> it's just no longer accessable online.
Megan has the real thing, tho, doesn't she?
> Finally, our last best hope comes from Timothy Stark, who's been
> working like a ferret on meth to get his KS10 emulator out the door.
> He's been teasing us with the screendumps of his emulator in progress,
> and it boots and runs TOPS-10 promisingly well. The first source
> release should be within the very, very near future, within a few
> weeks or so. I'm sure someone will let the group know when it hits
> the streets, so we can all be beta testers!
Cool... too bad, the only DECtape I had was rented; wish I'd
bought it. Among other things, I had Richard Greenblatt's
Makhak chess program. Is that still around? IIRC, it played
about a 1600 point game, perfect for lousy-chess-player me.
-dq
Received on Fri Nov 03 2000 - 13:18:06 GMT