[comp.sys.nsc.32k] 32K Happenings

ward@cfa.harvard.EDU (Steve Ward) (01/09/89)

In response to the recently posted lamentation of silence in this
newsgroup here is a mild reminder that some good things are underway
but need the support of everyone.  A repost of the 32K software
archive site info is enclosed.

In fact the response to a call for contributions of software to these
archives was excellent, resulting in many pledges.  Understandably,
all volunteering contributors deferred their actual contributions until
after the holidays, many of them taking vacations and undertaking
travels domestic and foreign.  I trust you all enjoyed yourselves and
have returned with recharged batteries!

After people get settled back into their routines the software
contributions will start to arrive.  Instructions on how to retrieve
archive software and updates to the archive sites' status will be
posted here.


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32K Software Archive Site Information

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32K Software Archive Sites    1 JAN 89
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1.   site:  bownesrm@beowulf.uucp    contact:  Bob Bownes  (518)482-8798

    **** PLEASE SUBMIT TO THIS SITE FOR NOW! ****

               SEND SOFTWARE TO:
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               bownesrm@beowulf.uucp

               {leah, steinmetz, devon}!beowulf!bownesrm

               steinmetz!beowulf!bownesrm@uunet.uu.net

               rutgers!brspyrl.brs.com!beowulf!bownesrm

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               Submit software via email or anonymous uucp.

               anonymous uucp submittal information:

L.sys entry:

beowulf Any ACU 2400 15184829228 in:-BREAK-in:-BREAK-in:-BREAK-in:-\n-in: uucp

   Available 24 hours at 2400/1200/300 baud.  Between N:00 and N:35 is best.

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2.   site:  dlr@daver.uucp      contact:  Dave Rand  (408)733-4215 (home)

**** Dave is on vacation in Australia so this site won't be up until
     early January!  Don't send here yet - send to site #1 (beowulf) ****

               SEND SOFTWARE TO:
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               dlr@daver.uucp

               {pyramid, sun, mips, nsc, vsi1, hoptoad, packbell}!daver!dlr

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               Submit software via email.

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3.   site:  ns32k@wiugl.uucp      contact:  Andrew Hay

**** This site not quite ready - don't send here yet - send to site #1
     (beowulf) ****

               SEND SOFTWARE TO:
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               att!mvuxq!wiuea!wiugl!ns32k

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               Submit software via email.

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mvadh@cbnews.ATT.COM (andrew.d.hay) (01/12/89)

In article <1386@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU> ward@cfa.harvard.EDU (Steve Ward) writes:
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-->3.   site:  ns32k@wiugl.uucp      contact:  Andrew Hay

i'm most likely to be caught at work -- (508) 374-5484

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-->**** This site not quite ready - don't send here yet - send to site #1
-->     (beowulf) ****
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-->               SEND SOFTWARE TO:
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-->               att!mvuxq!wiuea!wiugl!ns32k

this should be:
               att!mvuxq!wiuea!gabriel!ns32k

the login is there, and i am close to having a mailer set up for
automatic submissions/requests...

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-- 
Andrew Hay		+------------------------------------------------------+
Apprentice Polymath	| Yes, the wages of sin ARE death, but after they take |
AT&T-BL Ward Hill MA	| taxes out, it's kind of a tired feeling really       |
mvuxq.att.com!adh	+------------------------------------------------------+

culberts@hpccc.HP.COM (Bruce Culbertson) (01/14/89)

ward@cfa.harvard.EDU (Steve Ward) writes:

>In response to the recently posted lamentation of silence in this
>newsgroup here is a mild reminder that some good things are underway
>but need the support of everyone.  A repost of the 32K software
>archive site info is enclosed.
>
>In fact the response to a call for contributions of software to these
>archives was excellent, resulting in many pledges.  Understandably,
>all volunteering contributors deferred their actual contributions until
>after the holidays, many of them taking vacations and undertaking
>travels domestic and foreign.  I trust you all enjoyed yourselves and
>have returned with recharged batteries!

Having just returned from the holidays...

I have just sent to the archives four shar files which contain Unix style
code development tools I wrote for the Series 32000.  The tools are
equivalent to Unix's ar, ld, nm, ar, and ranlib.  I use them to generate
code for the 32016 system whose design I posted to the net about a month
ago.  So far I have used them to generate a nearly complete Minix port and
a ROM debugger with disassembler.

I also have a GNU C compiler (gcc) which is compatible with the above tools.
However, I am not sure how to distribute it.  GNU requests that you
distribute ALL of gcc if you distribute any of it.  Since I only wrote
a few kbytes of changes to the backend, I sure do not want to distribute
all umpteen megabytes of gcc.  Since my version of gcc currently generates
code for just one machine, I doubt GNU wants to add my  version to their
distribution.  Furthermore, my backend is presumably slightly dependent
on the gcc version.  Hence, even if I did distribute just the backend,
others might have trouble obtaining the possibly obsolete gcc version
that it needs.  Any ideas?

Bruce Culbertson
culberts@hplabs.hp.com

bdale@hp-col.HP.COM (Bdale Garbee) (01/17/89)

>Hence, even if I did distribute just the backend,
>others might have trouble obtaining the possibly obsolete gcc version
>that it needs.  Any ideas?

The "obvious" thing to do would be to try and migrate your changes to the
current GCC rev, and get them included in the distribution... 

Bdale