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[SPAM | WERBUNG] Oberon.Mail.IndexFileKey
by peter＠easthope.ca 08 Jun '25

08 Jun '25

Hi, Oberon.Mail.Mod has CONST ... IndexFileKey=74EF5A0DH . SaveIndexFile() writes it to the front of the IndexFile. The only purpose I imagine is to provide a means of detecting corruption of IndexFile. Correct? Is there a reason for that particular number? Could be any one of the 16^8 hexadecimal numbers of 8 digits? Eg. 75EF5A0DH would work just as well?. Thanks, ... P.L. -- VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 out of service mobile: +1 778 951 5147 work: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope

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Environment variables in UnixAos and Unix A2.
by peter＠easthope.ca 16 May '25

16 May '25

Hi, In a telnet terminal in the Oberon subsystem of Unix A2 the display is not available. Eg. # /bin/evince Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display: WHereas, # DISPLAY=:0.0 # /bin/evince # Works. Setting DISPLAY in Oberon.Telnet.Setup() may be possible. Additional ideas? Thanks, ... P.L. -- VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 work: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope

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The 1970's meet the 2020's using Oberon
by Chris Burrows 16 May '25

16 May '25

Olimex were kind enough to give a mention to my latest Oberon example project, "Signetics 2650 IcePi" which makes use of their RP2350B Pico-XL board: https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/signetics-2650-icepi-developed-with…

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Oberon System 4 on 64-bit operating system?
by Richard Hable 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

Hello all, I’d like to use Oberon System 4 in a presentation; however, I can’t find a version which works on a current 64-bit operating system. As I workaround, I’ve booted an old 32-bit Linux version from a USB stick, and then started Oberon V4 for GNU_Linux, version 1.7.02, from https://sourceforge.net/projects/oberon/files/Oberon%20V4%20for%20GNU_Linux/ Does anyone know a better way? Thanks for any hints Richard

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Re: [Oberon] Oberon System 4 on 64-bit operating system?
by Richard Hable 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

Alexander Hofmann wrote: > As a bare minimum (to be able to execute i386 without "file not found" > warnings): > > apt-get install libc6:i386 > > This pulls libC and required libs as well. Oberon also requires X: > > apt-get install libx11-6:i386 That was it! Now it works also on my current machine with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. I already thought of installing a 32-bit Debian Linux distribution in parallel just for the Oberon System… Thank you very much! Richard

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Re (2): Oberon System 4 on 64-bit operating system?
by peter＠easthope.ca 31 Mar '25

31 Mar '25

From: Richard Hable <informujo(a)aon.at> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:43:23 +0200 > However, when trying to execute the “oberon” executable (with the > correct +x flags), I still get the error message: > > …oberon: No such file or directory Could that be a Linux path or variable not set as needed. Check PATH? Check variables set in the start script? Regards, ... P. -- VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 work: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope

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Re: [Oberon] Oberon Digest, Vol 249, Issue 4
by Daniel Schmid | DSI 31 Mar '25

31 Mar '25

Dear Richard What do you mean with Oberon System 4? I have OberonA2 on (Debian) Linux 64bit (as Peter suggested) and NW's original Oberon on PDW's RISC emulator (also in Debian) Kind regards Daniel On Mon, 2025-03-31 at 12:00 +0200, oberon-request(a)lists.inf.ethz.ch wrote: > Send Oberon mailing list submissions to > oberon(a)lists.inf.ethz.ch > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > oberon-request(a)lists.inf.ethz.ch > > You can reach the person managing the list at > oberon-owner(a)lists.inf.ethz.ch > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Oberon digest..." > > Today's Topics: > 1. Oberon System 4 on 64-bit operating system? (Richard Hable) > 2. Re: Oberon System 4 on 64-bit operating system? (Darek > Maksimiuk) > 3. Re: Oberon System 4 on 64-bit operating system? > (peter(a)easthope.ca) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:28:12 +0200 > From: Richard Hable <informujo(a)aon.at> > To: oberon(a)lists.inf.ethz.ch > Subject: [Oberon] Oberon System 4 on 64-bit operating system? > Message-ID: <6a77fd02-9fef-448b-846c-980e3b9fc456(a)aon.at> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello all, > > I?d like to use Oberon System 4 in a presentation; however, I can?t > find > a version which works on a current 64-bit operating system. > > As I workaround, I?ve booted an old 32-bit Linux version from a USB > stick, and then started Oberon V4 for GNU_Linux, version 1.7.02, from > https://sourceforge.net/projects/oberon/files/Oberon%20V4%20for%20GNU_Linux/ > > Does anyone know a better way? > > Thanks for any hints > Richard > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:33:01 +0200 > From: Darek Maksimiuk <darek.maksimiuk(a)gmail.com> > To: ETH Oberon and related systems <oberon(a)lists.inf.ethz.ch> > Subject: Re: [Oberon] Oberon System 4 on 64-bit operating system? > Message-ID: > < > CAA6N3LE7OOEgtGXXJTK=Sx7z_hWZtTELvM5u--vd9_50Aqe_sA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Richard, > you can try to add a 32bit support to your Linux distro : > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/12956/how-do-i-run-32-bit-programs… > > Regards, > Darek > > On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 at 15:28, Richard Hable <informujo(a)aon.at> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I?d like to use Oberon System 4 in a presentation; however, I can?t > > find > > a version which works on a current 64-bit operating system. > > > > As I workaround, I?ve booted an old 32-bit Linux version from a USB > > stick, and then started Oberon V4 for GNU_Linux, version 1.7.02, > > from > > > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/oberon/files/Oberon%20V4%20for%20GNU_Linux/ > > > > Does anyone know a better way? > > > > Thanks for any hints > > Richard > > -- > > Oberon(a)lists.inf.ethz.ch mailing list for ETH Oberon and related > > systems > > https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon > > >

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Re: [Oberon] Oberon System 4 on 64-bit operating system?
by peter＠easthope.ca 30 Mar '25

30 Mar '25

From: Richard Hable <informujo(a)aon.at> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:28:12 +0200 > I’d like to use Oberon System 4 in a presentation; however, I can’t find > a version which works on a current 64-bit operating system. The Oberon subsystem of LinuxA2 Generic 64-bit can't serve the purpose? Thx, ... P. -- VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 work: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope

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Re: [Oberon] Programmatical access to a Text.
by peter＠easthope.ca 12 Mar '25

12 Mar '25

From: Pablo Cayuela <pablo.cayuela(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 18:28:29 -0300 > The second mention ( and name "reader" ... Read(reader, ch) ) does not > match with the program where the record is called R. > > Texts.Read(R, ch); Thanks Pablo. I was daydreaming. Now the text here should be consistent with the code fragment. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon/Text#Programmatical_Access_to_a_Text The various systems differ in declaration of a Text record. The exposition should recognize that better. Thanks, ... P. -- VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 work: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope

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Programmatical access to a Text.
by peter＠easthope.ca 05 Mar '25

05 Mar '25

Hi, Yesterday I read https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon/Text#Programmatical_Access_to_a_Text again and noticed some poor word usage and poor sentence structure. If anyone has time to read and comment, that may help. It's a short section. Where words Reader and reader first appear, I put them in quotation marks. Will that help a novice? Better without the quotation marks? Bold face would be better? To avoid difficulty for a color blind reader and confusion with a hyperlink, I'm reluctant to apply color on a name. Thx, ... P. -- VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 work: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope

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