marc@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Marc Pawliger) (11/06/90)
In article <1990Nov2.164937.12492@bony1.uucp>, richieb@bony1.uucp (Richard Bielak) writes: |> In article <2388@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> newton@ils.nwu.edu (David Newton) writes: |> >In article <1990Oct30.150332.19529@odi.com>, benson@odi.com (Benson I. |> >Margulies) writes: |> > |> >|>2) anyone got gnu emacs working? |> > |> > Yup. |> |> I got GNU emacs working as well. But has anyone a dumped GNU emacs |> working? What about xemacs? A dumped gnumacs will be next to impossible on a '6000. The unexec() included in the distribution assumes a fixed text load address so that offsets will be correct when the dumped gnumacs is exec'd. As I under- stand things, the '6000's loader does not always load executables at the same address, so gnumacs will die horribly. So take heart that all the files loaded from loadup.el load quickly. These are my opinions, not IBM's etc etc etc +---Marc Pawliger---IBM Advanced Workstations Division---Palo Alto, CA---+ | Internet: marc@ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com VNET: MARCP at AUSVM6 | | UUCP: uunet!ibmsupt!ibmpa!marc Phone: (415) 855-3493 | +------IBMnet: marc@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com------IBM T/L: 465-3493--------+
jpe@egr.duke.edu (John P. Eisenmenger) (11/06/90)
The problem: RS6000 "old-timers" don't want to hear requests for ported-long-ago software, but new 6000 owners need to find out where the stuff is. My suggestion: I would like to offer my services as a repository of RS6000 / AIX 3.1 information. If people would send me short notes about what they have ported and how it is available I will try to keep track of it all. This list, along with whatever sources I have room for, will be made available from an anonymous FTP server at my site. If this idea catches on I will post a pointer to my server about once a month... Queries: Would this be agreeable to the community-at-large? Is someone already doing this? -John P. Eisenmenger jpe@cameron.egr.duke.edu Dept. of Electrical Engineering jpe@cs.duke.edu Duke university Durham, NC 27706