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OpenGenera 2.0 Virtual Machine Environment
- smlacy 12y agoFails to explain what "opengenera" is and why I would want to run it.
- gnocchi 12y agoYou're right it should have an introduction where it does mention what it is. This project might be in need of some love. Open Genera is the Genera OS[1][2] which used to be run on Symbolics Machine. Open Genera[3] is the Genera OS running in a virtual machine. [1] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GeneraOs http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GeneraOs [2] http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/pdf/symbolics/ http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/pdf/symbolics/ (mentioned on the wiki) [3] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenGenera http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenGenera
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- lispm 12y agoThis emulator version does not work very well. Not really worth the effort. One can buy an official version of Open Genera at: http://www.symbolics-dks.com http://www.symbolics-dks.com
- Karunamon 12y agoNo information except a set of very old (still interesting, but old) snapshots of what appears to be a catalog of their products, and an admonishment to contact a person to learn more. This is usually understood as enterprise-speak for "we don't want to give you a price, and if you have to ask, you can't afford it."
- mrbill 12y agoThe most recent price list I got from David Schmidt @ Symbolics (2/23/10): "Thank you for your request for information about Symbolics and our products. Our Open Genera software for HP/Compaq/DEC Alpha workstations running Tru64 Unix costs $5,000 for a single CPU license. There is an academic discount for students and teachers that brings the price down to $999. You should have a 300 mHz or greater Alpha workstation with at least 500 MB RAM, 4 MB cache and 1 GB of available disk space. Besides selling Open Genera and maintaining the installed base of Symbolics machines, we also sell refurbished Symbolics hardware. There is no hardcopy documentation, but there is complete documentation available on the hard disk of each system." As of a few months ago when I checked, he said they no longer sell refurb hardware, keeping the remaining stock for service contracts/warranty work/etc.
- pinewurst 12y agoThe problem is that the official version of OpenGenera still runs only on the long defunct Digital/Compaq Alpha platforms. The emulator version is (or "was" because it's not a work-in-progress) a proof-of-concept for a port to x64 Linux, hence the dependency on old versions.
- lispm 12y agoThere is a new emulator...
- mietek 12y agoCan you point me towards it?
- typedweb 12y agohttp://www.unlambda.com/download/genera/snap4.tar.gz http://www.unlambda.com/download/genera/snap4.tar.gz Here's some instructions on setting it up: http://www.cliki.net/VLM_on_Linux http://www.cliki.net/VLM_on_Linux
- mietek 12y agoThanks, but this doesn’t look like the new emulator, whatever that is — the instructions are dated 2012.
- ynniv 12y agolispm is referring to a new commercial emulator commissioned by the current owner of the genera intellectual property. You should contact http://www.symbolics-dks.com http://www.symbolics-dks.com for more info.
- ynniv 12y agoI completely agree, but anyone officially affiliated with MIT has a poorly documented license to use genera and this gets something interactive in front of them. It would be really nice if there were a reasonably priced way to get a better version.
- lispm 12y agoI really hope nobody in government uses this leaked version for 64bit Intel / Unix. This is buggy and requires to be run as root... please don't. Buy the Alpha version or ask whether it is possible to buy the new version.
- ynniv 12y agoI can't imagine that anyone who is using genera in production is using this.
- pjmlp 12y agoThanks for the link. I got to copy their scans. One would expected that they would bother to put up a better web site.