using LC as an emulator

Mike Kerner MikeKerner at roadrunner.com
Tue Nov 7 11:21:29 EST 2017


I know what it does.  I own it.  I've been working on it and in it since I
was in grade school.  I just don't like it.

On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> On 11/06/2017 07:00 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
>
>> It's a LOT of code, all of which was originally written 30+ years ago, but
>> we've been maintaining it ever since.  Many of the other systems that we
>> have written interface with this core, and extend it, since there are much
>> better tools available to us, now (like LC).  It's written in HP BASIC for
>> an environment called Eloquence, which is an HP 3000/HP250 legacy
>> environment that now runs on your stock iron hardware and OS's.
>>
>
> Wow. I almost remember working in hp basic back in the day. My guess is
> that if you're looking at a tangle of code written 30+ years ago, your time
> is better spent analyzing what it does and then creating anew from those
> specs.
>
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>  Mark Wieder
>  ahsoftware at gmail.com
>
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