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Mesa and Smalltalk for the Alto are around [1], so I hope to get them running at some point. The files need to be copied into a disk image that the simulator ca
by kens 10y ago
Mesa and Smalltalk for the Alto are around [1], so I hope to get them running at some point. The files need to be copied into a disk image that the simulator can read, so I may need to write an Alto file system emulator.
Lisp for the Alto, on the other hand, seems to be entirely gone - I asked around and nobody seems to have a copy. From what I hear, it never worked very well because there wasn't enough memory.
[1] http://xeroxalto.computerhistory.org/Indigo/XMesa/.index.html http://xeroxalto.computerhistory.org/Indigo/XMesa/.index.htm... and http://xeroxalto.computerhistory.org/Filene/Smalltalk-76/.index.html http://xeroxalto.computerhistory.org/Filene/Smalltalk-76/.in...
- Samis2001 10y agoIs there any particular reason why you linked to Smalltalk-76 vs say, -78 or -80
- kens 10y agoI linked to Smalltalk-76 because that's the version I found in the Alto filesystem archive.
- Samis2001 10y agoThis directory seemingly contains both a copy of the Alto OS and a Smalltalk-80 image/changes file. Not sure which file is the VM executable though. http://xeroxalto.computerhistory.org/Indigo/BasicDisks/Smalltalk14.bfs!1_/.index.html http://xeroxalto.computerhistory.org/Indigo/BasicDisks/Small...