{"thread":{"id":"3366","subject":"[PATCH 0/5] Support ancient systems","startedAt":"2006-02-17T14:22:01Z","lastAt":"2006-02-18T02:35:17Z","messageCount":6,"participants":["Johannes Schindelin","Andreas Ericsson","Adrien Beau","Tim O'Callaghan"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":5},"messages":[{"id":"16316","messageId":"Pine.LNX.4.63.0602171517580.24274@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de","threadId":"3366","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH 0/5] Support ancient systems","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2006-02-17T14:22:01Z","receivedAt":"2006-02-17T14:22:01Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nI just got git to work on an Irix box. These are the changes I needed \nto apply. Maybe some of them are of use for other ancient systems... You \nknow, I like ancient systems. And if I could get my hands on a VMS, I \nwould try to get git to work on it, too ;-)\n\nCiao,\nDscho\n"},{"id":"16324","messageId":"43F5E120.9080502@op5.se","threadId":"3366","inReplyTo":"Pine.LNX.4.63.0602171517580.24274@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de","subject":"Re: [PATCH 0/5] Support ancient systems","fromName":"Andreas Ericsson","fromEmail":"ae@op5.se","sentAt":"2006-02-17T14:43:44Z","receivedAt":"2006-02-17T14:43:44Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"ae@op5.se","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/426e89595c75a8f5252dd0c989e5fabe5bcac616e68557427ad9aef6b0ca342a?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Johannes Schindelin wrote:\n> Hi,\n> \n> I just got git to work on an Irix box. These are the changes I needed \n> to apply. Maybe some of them are of use for other ancient systems... You \n> know, I like ancient systems. And if I could get my hands on a VMS, I \n> would try to get git to work on it, too ;-)\n> \n\nhttp://www.testdrive.hp.com/\n\nYou can sign up for a free account there and get (telnet and ftp) access \nto all sorts of wonky and fun systems.\n\n-- \nAndreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se\nOP5 AB www.op5.se\nTel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231\n"},{"id":"16326","messageId":"94fc236b0602170718t76e01204ib2b50e33eaa5eeaa@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"3366","inReplyTo":"Pine.LNX.4.63.0602171517580.24274@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de","subject":"Re: [PATCH 0/5] Support ancient systems","fromName":"Adrien Beau","fromEmail":"adrienbeau@gmail.com","sentAt":"2006-02-17T15:18:35Z","receivedAt":"2006-02-17T15:18:35Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"adrienbeau@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On 2/17/06, Johannes Schindelin wrote:\n>\n> I just got git to work on an Irix box. These are the changes I needed\n> to apply. Maybe some of them are of use for other ancient systems... You\n> know, I like ancient systems. And if I could get my hands on a VMS, I\n> would try to get git to work on it, too ;-)\n\nYou can get free VMS accounts at the Deathrow Cluster:\nhttp://deathrow.vistech.net/\n\nIf you're serious about using your account, you'll find that the admin\nteam is pretty supportive and friendly.\n"},{"id":"16331","messageId":"20060217170345.GB3468@ELSAMSW37164","threadId":"3366","inReplyTo":"94fc236b0602170718t76e01204ib2b50e33eaa5eeaa@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH 0/5] Support ancient systems","fromName":"Tim O'Callaghan","fromEmail":"timo@dspsrv.com","sentAt":"2006-02-17T17:03:46Z","receivedAt":"2006-02-17T17:03:46Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"timo@dspsrv.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:18:35PM +0100, Adrien Beau wrote:\n> On 2/17/06, Johannes Schindelin wrote:\n> >\n> > I just got git to work on an Irix box. These are the changes I needed\n> > to apply. Maybe some of them are of use for other ancient systems... You\n> > know, I like ancient systems. And if I could get my hands on a VMS, I\n> > would try to get git to work on it, too ;-)\n> \n> You can get free VMS accounts at the Deathrow Cluster:\n> http://deathrow.vistech.net/\n> \n> If you're serious about using your account, you'll find that the admin\n> team is pretty supportive and friendly.\n\nYou should check out polarhome.com if you want a variety of platforms\nto muck about on, including IRIX, Plan 9, OpenVMS Vax, OpenVMS Alpha\netc.\n\nI work on VMS systems at the moment and i thought of attempting to\nport git for the hell of it. I decided not to bother for a variety of\nreasons, but mostly because it looked like too much work :) \n\nTim.\n"},{"id":"16348","messageId":"Pine.LNX.4.63.0602180109480.525@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de","threadId":"3366","inReplyTo":"20060217170345.GB3468@ELSAMSW37164","subject":"Re: [PATCH 0/5] Support ancient systems","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2006-02-18T00:14:08Z","receivedAt":"2006-02-18T00:14:08Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nOn Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:\n\n> On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:18:35PM +0100, Adrien Beau wrote:\n> > On 2/17/06, Johannes Schindelin wrote:\n> > >\n> > > I just got git to work on an Irix box. These are the changes I needed\n> > > to apply. Maybe some of them are of use for other ancient systems... You\n> > > know, I like ancient systems. And if I could get my hands on a VMS, I\n> > > would try to get git to work on it, too ;-)\n> > \n> > You can get free VMS accounts at the Deathrow Cluster:\n> > http://deathrow.vistech.net/\n> > \n> > If you're serious about using your account, you'll find that the admin\n> > team is pretty supportive and friendly.\n> \n> You should check out polarhome.com if you want a variety of platforms\n> to muck about on, including IRIX, Plan 9, OpenVMS Vax, OpenVMS Alpha\n> etc.\n> \n> I work on VMS systems at the moment and i thought of attempting to\n> port git for the hell of it. I decided not to bother for a variety of\n> reasons, but mostly because it looked like too much work :) \n\nWell, I did not remember that VMS does not have a proper fork() call. So \nmaybe it would be easier to port git to MinGW32 first...\n\nBTW, my remark about VMS was more tongue-in-cheek than not...\n\nCiao,\nDscho\n"},{"id":"16355","messageId":"43F687E5.8070905@op5.se","threadId":"3366","inReplyTo":"Pine.LNX.4.63.0602180109480.525@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de","subject":"Re: [PATCH 0/5] Support ancient systems","fromName":"Andreas Ericsson","fromEmail":"ae@op5.se","sentAt":"2006-02-18T02:35:17Z","receivedAt":"2006-02-18T02:35:17Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"ae@op5.se","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/426e89595c75a8f5252dd0c989e5fabe5bcac616e68557427ad9aef6b0ca342a?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Johannes Schindelin wrote:\n> Hi,\n> \n> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:\n> \n> \n>>On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:18:35PM +0100, Adrien Beau wrote:\n>>\n>>>On 2/17/06, Johannes Schindelin wrote:\n>>>\n>>>>I just got git to work on an Irix box. These are the changes I needed\n>>>>to apply. Maybe some of them are of use for other ancient systems... You\n>>>>know, I like ancient systems. And if I could get my hands on a VMS, I\n>>>>would try to get git to work on it, too ;-)\n>>>\n>>>You can get free VMS accounts at the Deathrow Cluster:\n>>>http://deathrow.vistech.net/\n>>>\n>>>If you're serious about using your account, you'll find that the admin\n>>>team is pretty supportive and friendly.\n>>\n>>You should check out polarhome.com if you want a variety of platforms\n>>to muck about on, including IRIX, Plan 9, OpenVMS Vax, OpenVMS Alpha\n>>etc.\n>>\n>>I work on VMS systems at the moment and i thought of attempting to\n>>port git for the hell of it. I decided not to bother for a variety of\n>>reasons, but mostly because it looked like too much work :) \n> \n> \n> Well, I did not remember that VMS does not have a proper fork() call.\n\nIt doesn't. It's got vfork() though.\n\n\n> BTW, my remark about VMS was more tongue-in-cheek than not...\n> \n\nThanks anyway. I would never have gotten that link to polarhome if you'd \nkept your tongue straight.\n\n\n-- \nAndreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se\nOP5 AB www.op5.se\nTel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231\n"}]}