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I believe there is still a minimal group of people providing support to some legacy customers. From what I've heard they have an emulator that originally ran o

I believe there is still a minimal group of people providing support to some legacy customers. From what I've heard they have an emulator that originally ran on Alpha but was recently ported to x86 and then to Apple Silicon ( https://twitter.com/gmpalter/status/1350663314968350723?s=20 https://twitter.com/gmpalter/status/1350663314968350723?s=20 ). IP issues I think are sort of unclear and so the legal release of the software is tricky, if not impossible.

mepian 3y ago
The intellectual property of Symbolics is currently owned by John C. Mallery, the developer of CL-HTTP aka the first US White House web server. He was interested in making it officially free, but unfortunately has gone silent about two years ago, according to the person who ported Genera to x86 and Apple Silicon: https://hachyderm.io/@gmpalter/109553414024392523 https://hachyderm.io/@gmpalter/109553414024392523
- eschaton 3y ago
  If he acquired it from Topping’s estate, I’d like to see proof that Toppings actually paid for it.
- gumby 3y ago
  I talk to him from time to time so he isn’t silent on every topic.
  - mepian 3y ago
    Could you please try to probe him on this topic?