HEDRICK@RED.RUTGERS.EDU.UUCP (05/16/86)
I just caught up on a couple of months reading of info-pyramid. With respect to the software that people asked about: Gnu emacs: We did the original port. As far as I know, the current version of Gnu works correctly on Pyramids without modification. Sumacc: We did this port also. We chose to produce binary files that are byte-swapped, so that they would be compatible with those produced on the VAX. This means that you can use library files that you import without recompiling. We use it heavily for development work on a 68000-based gateway. Ingres: I ported this some time ago. We do not use Ingres heavily, so there could be problems that we haven't seen, but it has been used by several database courses without problems, and I think there is some commerical use of our port also. Someone has told me that it will not compile correctly under the new C compiler, but I haven't verified this. I will work on the 4.3 version of Ingres sometime this summer, as I have time. Caesar: One of our students ported this a couple of years ago. I guess I could get it back from tape if necessary. We use magic now. Magic: One of our students ported this last summer. It was used for a VLSI course this year. We have not yet ported the newest version. As I recall, there isn't a lot to be done in this port. C++: I have heard of two different people who have done this port, but have not gotten a copy of either. The public domain software distribution previously announced will contain Gnu Emacs, the Sumacc 68000 cross-compiler (to the extent allowed by licensing -- I think that may mean binary-only), the MIT 8088 cross-compiler (ditto), diffs for magic (if the guy who did the magic port followed our conventions well enough that I can recover them), and diffs for C++ (if I can find them). I'll include some form of ingres (the issue again is licensing). -------