News and Random Comments

Roadmap for 2026

Wild Hare has archived substantial technical documentation and other information to help support museums and collectors world wide restore and maintain Data General systems. There will be a shift during 2026 to providing more general information for restoring and running Data General systems, along with displaying more general DG company information.

Software

Nova, Eclipse and MV Emulators
    * The emulators are now separated into individule executable files for Nova, Eclipse and MV
    * New features have been added to enhance program development, including:
        . DG-compatible LOAD/SAVE { ABSOLUTE | MEMORY } functions
        . New "native" RDOS mode to run DG software from Windows and *IX command lines
Web-based Nova Emulator
    * Expanded range of disk drives supported
    * Magnetic tape drives supported
    * Extend ASCII file transfer options (NUL, RUB, NL, CR, FF, LF after CR, CRLF swap,?)
    * Enhanced loading and saving of user files in DG binary format
    * Improved compatibility with SimH and Wild Hare emulators
    * Updated, simplified user interface

Hardware

Hardware derived from Wild Hare commercial products will be made available, including:

    * nuFusion
    * NovaMEM, FPGA (with Teensy 4.1- and CYC1000 FPGA-based versions)
    * BusAlyzer
    * J3 connectors
    * PDP-8 FPGA (say what?)

Entertainment Programs

Stand-Alone
    * Pong
    * Spacewar
    * chess
        . Ostrich
        . SHRDLU
    * SU BASIC (original, 6K DGN)
    * SOS XBASIC
    * Biorhythm
    * <others>
Operating-System Based
    * Star Trek (RDOS, BASIC)
    * chess
        . Ostrich (AOS)
        . chess (AOS, F5 or F77)
    * Adventure
    * maze
    * Multi-user bang bang
    - <others>
BASIC Language
    * Poker
    * Blackjack
    * 21
    * Roulette
    * Hangman
    * <dozens of others>

Restoration Support Details

Diagnostics

    * Stand-alone
    * Systems
        . DTOS
        . ADES/ADEX
        . SEARCH
    * Media
        . Tape
        . Floppy
        . Disc
        . Paper Tape
        . PC-based format

How To...

    * Software Development
    * Hardware Development
    * Hardware Restoration