I've been working on a project for about a week now and am happy to report I
have a new PKG ready to release to beta. It's a Commodore 64 -> Windows95
-> Linux emulator with a BlueQuartz GUI interface. This GNU Kernel patch
enables programs written to take advantage of the popular 8 bit 6502
processor (known for the powerful graphics capability normally associated
with Commodore computers) and lets it operate as up to 10 virtual systems
under Windows95 (in the lower 640k) using the upper 384k of memory for the
Kernel OS on a system with 1 megabyte RAM. As it was originally configured,
this system flies on a Pentium I - 133Mhz, allowing the operation of C-Net
BBS in 10 windows! With a Galacticomm add-on 8 modem card and a standard
USRobotics 28.8 Sportster, this provides for up to nine simultaneous users
online at one time (eight off the Galacticomm 8 modem card and the sysop on
a local port) while leaving the stand-alone modem for use to dial-up your
local ISP for Internet connectivity.
The BQ GUI module allows you to configure your BBS from within the
BlueQuartz system without interfering with BQ's ability to operate as a
server. After it gets through a short beta period, I'll add it to the
testing repository.
You might ask, "Why are you telling us this?" Lonely, I guess. Back when I
used to subscribe to the Cobalt users list, you could post a question and
without fail, you would get a response - even if it was a response that told
you RTFM or RTFFAQ and go copulate yourself. I guess I'm feeling a little
ignored. When you post a question to the BQ list like I do (on the average
of 1 every other day), I usually end up talking to myself. Either all you
mothers are getting ready for your special day on Sunday or you aren't as
conversational as the old Cobalt guys were. Seriously I wouldn't post here
asking for assistance if I didn't need your expertise. The only way this
community is going to grow is by sharing. And yes, tonight is a full moon.
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