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  1. Re:back in the day by TSpec · · Score: 1 · on 30-Year-Old Operating System 'PC-MOS/386' Finally Open Sourced (github.com)

    How about a GPL2 version of it? http://scarlet.deltasoft.com/index.php/Main_Page/ - this is a fork of OpenQM, which is a feature-complete multi-value database system. It's compatible with a number of "flavors" of Pick, including D3, Universe, Reality, PI, etc.

  2. Slashdot needs to keep track of other old OSes by Orion+Blastar · · Score: 1 · on Old Operating Systems Never Die

    OSFree is an open source alternative to OS/2. As IBM could not open source OS/2 because of over 300 licensed code bases that went into developing it, they instead spund it off to Serenity systems to create an OEM version of OS/2 named eComStation. But OSFree is an attempt to build an open sourced OS/2 from scratch to work with MS-DOS, OS/2 1.X command, OS/2 2.0 3.0 and 4.0 (Warp and Merlin), and even some eComStation compatibility. I am not sure if they will try a WIN-OS2 substation or use ODIN to run 16 bit and 32 bit Windows applications. ODIN was the OS/2 version of WINE.

    OSFree hasn't reached Alpha phase yet, but they are working on creating a LiveCD version that boots, and a version of OSFree that runs in Linux but runs OS/2 programs inside of Linux, like that Borg or Ferengi version of OS/2 ran under Windows to run OS/2 programs in a different OS.

    Why has Slashdot almost ignored AROS Amiga Research OS? It has gone beyond what HaikuOS has and has had a LiveCD and VMWare image for a long time now. It is based on AmigaOS 3.1 APIs and written from scratch, IIRC AmigaOS 4.X was using AROS code to build it on. So while it is like an older AmigaOS 3.1 version it can run in a virtual machine or LiveCD or even a version that runs inside of Linux to run AROS programs. What Amiga Fan that runs Linux wouldn't want an AROS subsystem? All AROS lacks is decent applications, but that is being worked on with the AROS bounty system.

    FreeDOS is a MS-DOS replacement. It can run the FreeGEM replacement GUI for Windows 3.X (basically a 16 bit GUI that runs GEM programs over DOS) or OpenGEM. But most think OpenGEM is the better of the 16 bit GUIS for DOS.

    ReactOS is based on WINE to become a stand alone OS that is Windows XP/2003 compatible. It hasn't reached Beta stage yet, and lacks proper driver support, but it can be run via VmWare virtual machines or a LiveCD. The Virtual machine comes bundled with QEMU available from the downloads section and it is good to download and try out. It doesn't support modern 32 bit Windows programs but can be made to run the older ones that don't require .Net libraries or the BITS service. In about five years time it should become stable enough to reach the Beta stage and support most drivers and be able to be installed to an actual machine. By the time it reaches 1.0 status, Microsoft will have abandoned Windows XP and most likely have Windows 8 or 9 with a Virtual PC mode to run XP software like Windows 7 does. The Windows Legacy Software is not going away, and Microsoft proved that with the XP Virtual Machine for Windows 7 Pro and up users. Many software companies cannot afford to upgrade their software to work on Windows Vista or above and many small businesses have their old business software written for DOS, 16 bit Windows, or Windows XP or lower, and cannot afford to buy new machines that run Windows Vista or Windows 7 and lose compatibility with their legacy Windows software for business.

  3. Re:Too Complicated to Run? by pdcull · · Score: 1 · on MIT Releases the Source of MULTICS, Father of UNIX

    Sorry to be pedantic, but GEM was actually written in C. The source code has been released and is "out there" somewhere (such as http://www.deltasoft.com/downloads.htm).

  4. Re:Open Job Security by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 1 · on Developer Stress Crippling Game Innovation?

    Not sure if it's anything you worked on, but a lot of GEM source code was released under the GPL a few years back. Hope it's of some use to someone, anyway!

  5. GEMS by Kozar_The_Malignant · · Score: 1 · on More Diebold E-Voting Vulnerabilities

    >obvious that GEMS is running in Windows

    I thought GEM ran on Atari STs. :-)
    Actually, it's still around
  6. Re:Cheap Shot by usotsuki · · Score: 1 · on MS Says Longhorn To Arrive 2005

    My, how familiar...just exactly what M$ did to DR's GEM.

    -uso.

  7. Re:darn, I read this as a GEM2003 announcement... by usotsuki · · Score: 1 · on DRI Comes to DirectFB

    LOL

    Current development of GEM
    Open-source (GPL!) ROM replacement for Atari ST, featuring GEM/3

    GEM isn't dead yet!

    (BTW, neither is CP/M (link is to a work in progress on DOSPLUS, which is based on CP/M 4.1)

    -uso.

  8. Re:But WHY??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on IMSAI Series Two
    ...Zilog 20 MHZ. Z8S180 Processor- 1 Meg direct addressing (organized as sixteen 64K "pages"), code compliant with Z80 extended instruction set

    Well, Z80's aren't so puny, but this isn't a Z80. It's a

    Zilog 20 MHZ. Z8S180 Processor- 1 Meg direct addressing (organized as sixteen 64K "pages"), code compliant with Z80 extended instruction set (from this page)
    This is more like an Intel 8088 on steroids. The old Z80 computers ran (mostly) CPM, and occasionaly mpm, and were FAST. They had no GUI, after all. This should be able to run something like GEM on opendos. fast. They do let you put a modern computer inside if you want to, but being able to run the old cpm programs without emulation would be really nice; maybe even worth $995 to me, if I were out of debt.
  9. Re:But WHY??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on IMSAI Series Two
    ...Zilog 20 MHZ. Z8S180 Processor- 1 Meg direct addressing (organized as sixteen 64K "pages"), code compliant with Z80 extended instruction set

    Well, Z80's aren't so puny, but this isn't a Z80. It's a

    Zilog 20 MHZ. Z8S180 Processor- 1 Meg direct addressing (organized as sixteen 64K "pages"), code compliant with Z80 extended instruction set (from this page)
    This is more like an Intel 8088 on steroids. The old Z80 computers ran (mostly) CPM, and occasionaly mpm, and were FAST. They had no GUI, after all. This should be able to run something like GEM on opendos. fast. They do let you put a modern computer inside if you want to, but being able to run the old cpm programs without emulation would be really nice; maybe even worth $995 to me, if I were out of debt.
  10. Re:What about Eazel. by srw · · Score: 1 · on Open Source And The Obligation To Recycle

    > Anyone remember Geos?

    Well, it's not Geos, but from the same era:
    http://www.deltasoft.com/downloads.htm
    the GEM desktop has been GPLed.

  11. Re:You can try out MGR... by Lproven · · Score: 1 · on What GUIs Came Before X11?

    <<Of course there's also the native Atari GUI, GEM. I've a feeling you can get the source for DR's GEMDOS now, but I may be wrong. >>

    GEM was originally a PC product, ported to a cut-down version of CM/P-68K (GEMDOS) on the ST. The PC version is now owned by Lineo, the thin-clients division of Caldera, and it has made PC GEM GPLed free software. Efforts are afoot to update it and bring it up to parity with commercial GEM developments such as Magic which run on modern ST-compatibles like the Milan.

    You can check out progress on the prject, download source and binaries and join the discussion mailing list on the FreeGEM homepage.