[HECnet] VAX/Smalltalk-80

[mark at wickensonline.co.uk]

Thanks for that Keith

I've copied the files and will compare with the progress I've made.
For the record the VWS043 distribution contains a VWS emulation layer for X11. I'm going to try that first.

Mark.

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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf Of Keith Halewood
Sent: 08 April 2020 15:06
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: RE: [HECnet] VAX/Smalltalk-80

Hi,

In DUNE::[.SMALLTALK], I've cleaned up the weirdness in the source files and there's a build.com to be used in conjunction with link.com. Everything else is original apart from the file attributes of the vmi files.
I don't have the UI library. I did a bit of stubbing locally then remembered more about stepping around with the debugger than I thought I ever knew. If you define the logical lib to point to where the UI stuff is, it should presumably work.

My main interest in all of this was the interpreter and the use of sections etc.. More stuff I'd forgotten.

Keith

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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of mark at wickensonline.co.uk
Sent: 08 April 2020 07:23
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Subject: RE: [HECnet] VAX/Smalltalk-80

Interesting to hear there is an emulation of the VK100 aka GIGI.
I had one for a while a few years ago. It was quite a fascinating beast, but very much 'cost reduced', as much as DEC ever went down that road.

My HP thin client I think falls into the same bracket - it has just failed and is my Windows XP throwback box that allows me to run Exceed and Reflection with full support for the LK450, so it looks like I'm going to have to find another one on the internet or solve the problem with this one!

Regards, Mark.

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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf Of Timothy Stark
Sent: 08 April 2020 01:05
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Subject: RE: [HECnet] VAX/Smalltalk-80

> Mame has VT240 support, I am not sure whether that is compatible with 
> the VT125 or not.

Yes, I looked into MAME source code (it is available on Github and Mamedev.org).

Yes, it has some VT125 codes but not enabled yet.

Also I found another VK100 emulation called "GIGI" - extended VT125 version but it is flagged as not working at this time.
That came with BASIC interpreter itself and has programmable font images.  They had software at my university to teach students how to spell Russian words as foreign language.

Tim