On 5/27/22 5:57 AM, Paul Ruizendaal wrote:
> I came across a website that discusses reviving an old binary for Lotus 
> 1-2-3 for SysV Unix (386 COFF), on the way to making it run on Linux:
> 
> https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/linux123.html

Yep.  That is a very interesting article.

Though I do think that some of what Tavis did was borderline 
exceptional.  I don't know many people that would consider writing their 
own object utility to do things.  But this just goes to show what is 
possible if you are willing to do so.

> The audience here may enjoy the read, and maybe it is of use when 
> reviving other old application software for 1980’s and 1990’s Unix.

I've filed it away for future reference for this very reason.



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Grant. . . .
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