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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 15:28:14 -0800
From: Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] native dis status
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When I asked you about it, my intent was to start
actively working on it. I haven't had a chance to get
started yet, but I still intend to push the ball
forward.

Can you make available the newer version?

I can throw it up in my directory on sources and use
that as a repository for folks that want to work on
it.

On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 09:48:27AM -0500, Latchesar Ionkov wrote:
> I am not aware of anybody working on it. The version on Andrey's site is
> slightly older than the one I have. With the latest one you can really play
> tetris :) In addition to working mouse and keyboard input, it implements the
> Inferno #P device (without debug at the moment) as Plan9 fileserver. So sh
> is also working.
> 
> When I started my plan was to make dis compatible enough to run charon
> without major changes in it, or the wm* code. That would require
> implementing at least #P and #s, probably other Inferno devices too. Right
> now I am not sure if it is worth the extra work for keeping the
> compatibility. It might be easier to implement the (most) #P functionality
> as a module, implementing some simpler form of wm on top of rio, and
> modifying charon to work with it.
> 
> I didn't play with dis for the last six months, and I don't know when I'll
> start playing with it again. Probably when I decide which path to take --
> implementing Inferno devices as Plan9 fs, or getting rid of the dependency
> on them.
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Lucho
> 
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:32:56PM +0100, Patrick Kristiansen said:
> > What is the current status of native plan 9 dis?
> > Is anybody working on it?
> > 
> > I have downloaded it and played a little with it. One of the only 
> > graphical program I could run was tetris, but I couldn't play because it 
> > doesn't respond to pressing keys.
> > (No, i'm not only interrested in playing tetris on plan 9, but I would 
> > be glad to see charon natively on plan9)
> 

-- 
Christopher Nielsen
"They who can give up essential liberty for temporary
safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin