26 May
2004
26 May
'04
2:05 p.m.
On Tuesday, 25 May 2004 at 23:29:57 -0500, Randy Belk wrote:
Well, a CD-ROM *is* an ISO, so it doesn't need conversion beyond
dd'ing to some other format (note: CD-ROMs have a 2 kB block size, so
you'll need a bs=4b or larger for it to work at all).
Anyway, I think I have what you're looking for: "Sprite 1984-1993",
published by Walnut Creek CDROM. I can make a copy for you (I'm
pretty sure there's no copyright issue, but I'll check what's on the
CD before making the copy). But wouldn't it be easier just to
download the stuff off the net?
Greg
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Would it make
sense to add Sprite to the Unix Archives? To me, yes, it was
enough UNIX like although it wasn't ATT or BSD derived and it had many
advanced features.
I had the (small) pleasure to run it on a small number of
DECstations back in 1994-1995 out of the freshly published
WalnuCreek CD and I still long for some of it features.
The distribution is still available at
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/projects/sprite/
I have looked everywhere for the cdrom of sprite. I saw a book about
it a long time ago at a bookstore and almost bought it. Some very
good theory and code was in the book if I remember right. I don't
guess any one would have the Walnut Creek cdrom of sprite that they
would convert to an ISO and make available?