Mark Grebe released sdltrs, a new emulator for the TRS-80 Model I/III/4/4p for Macintosh, Windows and Linux. It is based on xtrs, but uses the portable sdl library. It has on-screen options to change disks, cassettes, etc.
Packages for Slackware 13.0 are available on my site:
sdltrs-1_0_0-i486-2_nhh.tgz (32-bits)
sdltrs-1_0_0-x86_64-2_nhh.tgz (64-bits)
As always, have fun!
Today Jakob Dekel released the first beta version of Hercules Studio, a GUI front-end for Hercules – the System/370, ESA/390 and z/Architecture emulator.
On his site you can find pre-built packages in RPM and DEB format.For us Slackware users, I created Slackware packages as well, after getting some extra information from a very friendly Jacob Dekel.
The [...]
I have received a few requests for pre-built Slackware packages for the Hercules System/370, ESA/390 and z/Architecture emulator.
I have used Hercules for some time now to run Slack/390 and had already created my own package, but it was not really up to the right standards to be published.
But, with the release of Slackware 13.0 I [...]
My first professional work with computers was done on a Tandy / Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I. I still have that machine but have not powered it up for at least ten years, since I do not have a working monitor anymore.But thanks to the various emulators that are available, I can still run the [...]
For those who have been following my posts on installing Slack/390 on Hercules:There has been a security update this week – see the ChangeLog
I recently managed to patch a current version of SlackPkg to work on Slack/390 (the version included in /extra does not work).I’ll try to organize my notes during the following days and [...]
…Continuing from Part 10
Final configuration and IPLing Slack390
The setup program configured our network, but missed some important details we need to get our network up and running.
1) Loading the network adapter kernel module at boot time
Since we selected to use the LCS we need to load the kernel module that supports it.
This is done by [...]
…Continuing from Part 9
Configuring our installation
After installing all the selected packages, the setup program takes us to the configuration item of the menu.
1) Kernel parameters
First we can add any necessary boot parameters. Remember that these are roughly equivalent to the parameters you normally put in your /etc/lilo.conf file:
What we define here is:
- where to find [...]
…Continuing from Part 8
Selecting packages to install
We now arrived at the task of deciding exactly which packages we want to install.
1) Package series selection
Slackware (and Slack/390) organizes its packages in ’series’. This comes from the old days, when we installed Slackware from floppy disks.
We are shown a menu with all series that we downloaded, each [...]
…Continuing from Part 7
Selecting the source
Now we need to inform the setup program where it can find the packages to install. The menu gives us the following options:
As explained before, we’ll use the option to install from NFS, so select option 2 and the next question is asked:
1) Confirming our local network configuration
The IP address [...]
…Continuing from Part 6
Starting setup
After formatting and partitioning our storage, we’re ready to enter Slack/390’s setup program.
In your telnet session simply enter:
# setup
and the following screen will appear:
Again, experienced Slackware users will recognize this screen from previous installations.
Note
The arrow keys did not work for me via telnet, but you can use the ‘+’, ‘-’ and [...]
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