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Who's taking over PCem development?

45 points by dusted 5y ago

RandyGoldy 5y ago
That is really useful service, as I think. It is also so actual for me
WalterGR 5y ago
Submitted a few months ago with a bit of discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27546352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27546352 . Most useful is the reference to the following issue, as the project’s forum was removed: https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem/issues/32 https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem/issues/32 Past submissions of the domain, including a couple >= 40-comment ones: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=pcem-emulator.co.uk&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... GitHub: https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem Unfortunately the program needs ROM files (not supplied) for most (all?) of what it ‘emulates’.
- CTOSian 5y ago
  There is also VARCem https://www.varcem.com/ https://www.varcem.com/ , in fact fork of 86Box, hth oh btw Sarah posted this on vogons some time ago https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=978505#p978505 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=978505#p978505
  - pygy_ 5y ago
    The new maintainer announced in the Vogons post you linked to later withdrew
  - stuaxo 5y ago
    The final message says the new maintainer steps down. I don't imagine Sarah wants to work on PCEm any more, but it would be good if we could show support somehow.
- nkssy 5y ago
  Why did you put emulates in quotes? The machines were real.
  - WalterGR 5y ago
    Not sure what you mean by "the machines were real." I wasn't suggesting that the IBM PC never existed. I was acknowledging that there are varying 'levels' of emulation. This one requires ROMs.
    - nkssy 5y ago
      The way you wrote it made it seem like you thought the program wasn't an emulator or that the machines it emulated weren't real. So you quoted it for emphasis. That's why I asserted that it was by writing that the machines it emulated were real. Follow up: I couldn't figure out exactly why this bugged me so I looked up and found this grammar rule around quoting. https://writing-center.phsc.edu/grammar/punctuation/quotation-marks/words-used-special-way https://writing-center.phsc.edu/grammar/punctuation/quotatio...
      - WalterGR 5y ago
        That article is about double quotes, not single quotes. I used the latter. Be aware of prescriptivism vs. descriptivism in your research. I’m done belaboring this. Have a nice day.
        nkssy 5y ago
        Thanks for your 'answer' then.
        WalterGR 5y ago
        lol. My pleasure! :)
dleslie 5y ago
Isn't 86box the natural successor, given that it's an actively maintained fork of PCem? https://github.com/86Box/86Box https://github.com/86Box/86Box
- Maakuth 5y ago
  Do you know what is behind the fork? The activity of maintainership itself?
  - abricot 5y ago
    Both the youtube channel and the discord for the project is active.
rasz 5y ago
Another victim of kiwi farms?
- stuaxo 5y ago
  Of harassment for sure, so I think it's a reasonable question. There needs to be accountability for the people doing this, it's completely despicable behaviour.

45 points by dusted 5y ago

That is really useful service, as I think. It is also so actual for me

Submitted a few months ago with a bit of discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27546352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27546352 . Most useful is the reference to the following issue, as the project’s forum was removed: https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem/issues/32 https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem/issues/32 Past submissions of the domain, including a couple >= 40-comment ones: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=pcem-emulator.co.uk&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... GitHub: https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem Unfortunately the program needs ROM files (not supplied) for most (all?) of what it ‘emulates’.

CTOSian 5y ago
There is also VARCem https://www.varcem.com/ https://www.varcem.com/ , in fact fork of 86Box, hth oh btw Sarah posted this on vogons some time ago https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=978505#p978505 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=978505#p978505
- pygy_ 5y ago
  The new maintainer announced in the Vogons post you linked to later withdrew
- stuaxo 5y ago
  The final message says the new maintainer steps down. I don't imagine Sarah wants to work on PCEm any more, but it would be good if we could show support somehow.
nkssy 5y ago
Why did you put emulates in quotes? The machines were real.
- WalterGR 5y ago
  Not sure what you mean by "the machines were real." I wasn't suggesting that the IBM PC never existed. I was acknowledging that there are varying 'levels' of emulation. This one requires ROMs.
  - nkssy 5y ago
    The way you wrote it made it seem like you thought the program wasn't an emulator or that the machines it emulated weren't real. So you quoted it for emphasis. That's why I asserted that it was by writing that the machines it emulated were real. Follow up: I couldn't figure out exactly why this bugged me so I looked up and found this grammar rule around quoting. https://writing-center.phsc.edu/grammar/punctuation/quotation-marks/words-used-special-way https://writing-center.phsc.edu/grammar/punctuation/quotatio...
    - WalterGR 5y ago
      That article is about double quotes, not single quotes. I used the latter. Be aware of prescriptivism vs. descriptivism in your research. I’m done belaboring this. Have a nice day.
      - nkssy 5y ago
        Thanks for your 'answer' then.
        WalterGR 5y ago
        lol. My pleasure! :)

dleslie 5y ago

Isn't 86box the natural successor, given that it's an actively maintained fork of PCem? https://github.com/86Box/86Box https://github.com/86Box/86Box

Maakuth 5y ago
Do you know what is behind the fork? The activity of maintainership itself?
- abricot 5y ago
  Both the youtube channel and the discord for the project is active.

rasz 5y ago

Another victim of kiwi farms?

stuaxo 5y ago
Of harassment for sure, so I think it's a reasonable question. There needs to be accountability for the people doing this, it's completely despicable behaviour.