RE: EM86

["Peter Petrakis" <voodoo@alphadriven.org>]

http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/axp-list/archive/2002-04/0280.html

> Is there a homepage for the em86 program? All I can find are ftp


http://www.cs.rose-hulman.edu/~donaldlf/em86/index.html


Leslie Donaldson was the last person to work on em86 and bring it somewhat up to
date. The files that he links to can be found here.


http://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/linux/alphalinux/



Using LD_PRELOAD pointing to the libc5 compat libs on your RH system
will get it to work. That's as much as I remember, I havent touched it in a long
time.


Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Fillion [mailto:rick@rhix.dhs.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 9:19 AM
> To: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
> Cc: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: EM86
>
>
> Thats another problem, i just CANT connect to Compaq's site.  Its been
> like that for like 6months for me.  It resolves the IP, but then
> nothing.  Its weird.  So the URL you just gave me, i cant connect to. :(
>
> Apt cant install deb files which arent from your apt sources or atleast
> not that i know of.  To install stray deb files, use the "dpkg" tool.
>
> The reason i wanted EM86 is to run things like netscape for x86 so that
> i could view flash and all the other cool not-alpha-friendly stuff.
> Unless you guys know how to get the flash plugin to work on the Alpha,
> which would also be useful to know.
>
> Richard Fillion
> -Proud Digital Server 3000 owner
> rick@rhix.dhs.org
>
> Jeffrey Chimene wrote:
> > Of course, while I was in the middle of composing the first edition
> of this reply, Netscape crashed.
> >
> > However - what URL were you using? I noticed one of them was dead.
> I was able to download the
> >
> > software earlier this week. Try the following URL: netscape
> <ftp://ftp.support.compaq.com/private/alkpha-tools-software/netscape>
> >
> > You'll need Alien, and, IMHO, I'd convert to a .deb and install in
> one pass. I still can't figure out
> >
> > how to tell apt to install from an arbitrary .deb.
> >
> > Also, why bother with EM86? Most of the "interesting" apps on that
> platform require NT.
> >
> > --
> > microsoft free by 2003
> >
> > Richard Fillion wrote:
>
>
>
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