In article <8qibhb$6qv$1@soapbox.cs.bham.ac.uk>,
Aaron Sloman See text for reply address <Aaron.Sloman.XX@cs.bham.ac.uk> wrote:
>[To reply replace "Aaron.Sloman.XX" with "A.Sloman"]
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>hs@paradise.nirvananet (Hartmann Schaffer) writes:
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>> In article <8qgqj4$1t6$1@soapbox.cs.bham.ac.uk>,
>> Aaron Sloman See text for reply address <Aaron.Sloman.XX@cs.bham.ac.uk> wrote:
>> > ...
>> >Poplog has been run on linux alpha, which I believe was used by John
>> >Gibson to fix linux poplog, shortly before he retired.
>>
>> any possibility to contact him?
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>I don't know if he still reads email. I'll try.
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>> what are the difficulties building it with the intel version (even
>> using em86)? any obstacles (like 32 vs 64 bit machines)?
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>I suspect the original alpha poplog was produced on a 32 bit sparc
>running solaris. So maybe you can use any running poplog.
i'll give it a try
>> > http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/poplog/sysdoc/
>> >
>> >also available packaged in this file:
>> > http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/poplog/sysdoc.tar.gz
>> >or
>> > ftp://ftp.cs.bham.ac.uk/pub/dist/poplog/sysdoc.tar.gz
>> > Just over 70 Kbytes
>> >You might wish to fetch that and read the stuff in it before
>> >deciding whether you wish to have a go.
>>
>> unfortunately, all 3 urls return "file not foundon this server"
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>Strange. Can you access anything in this university, e.g.
> http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/
> http://www.bham.ac.uk/
> http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/poplog/freepoplog.html
turned out to be a typo on my part. sorry
>I wonder if there's some connection with the fact that I cannot
>send you email. Your domain seems to be unreachable, e.g.
>
> traceroute paradise.nirvananet
> traceroute: unknown host paradise.nirvananet
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>Maybe you are using a service that is not properly registered on the
>internet, at least according to the requirements of our security
>systems?
this address at least keeps spam to something i can handle.
hs
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