Legacy Preservation Roadmap

Where Are We Going?

Wild Hare has archived tens-of-thousands of Data General documentation and other information to help support museums and collectors world-wide restore, run and maintain DG hardware and software. While there are many thousands more documents that will be added, we will shift 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