Which version?

[Andy Ball]

Hello,

It's been a while since I used Oberon. I like the original
tiled Oberon viewer, and at this point don't need the
Gadgets UI etc. What is the current version of vanilla
Oberon?

I'll happily set aside an x86 machine for Native Oberon. I
also have some Macs (both PPC & 680x0) laying around that
might be well suited to it if I can find three-button ADB
mice, and if there's still a version of Oberon for Macs.

Any useful info would be useful. I've looked at the Oberon
home page at ETHZ, but it's not clear to me what version is
current.

- Andy Ball

[Andy Ball]

ASB> Any useful info would be useful.

I think that qualifies as my "obvious statement
for the day"! (I meant to say that any useful
info would be most welcome ;-)

[Chris Burrows]

Post by Andy Ball
Any useful info would be useful. I've looked at the Oberon
home page at ETHZ, but it's not clear to me what version is
current.

The download page lists the current availability by platform:

http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/download.html

Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com

[Andy Ball]

Hello Chris,

CFB> The download page lists the current availability by

platform: http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/download.html

Thanks. That was one of the pages that confused me, although
looking at it again I think it's beginning to make a little
more sense to me.

For a recent release it looks as though I'll have to make
space on a PC for either 'Native Oberon' or 'BlueBottle' or
perhaps add Linux emulation to my NetBSD laptop and try
'Linux Native Oberon' or 'Oberon for Linux' (is the
difference something to do with i386 virtual machines?)

- Andy Ball

[Chris Burrows]

Post by Andy Ball
For a recent release it looks as though I'll have to make
space on a PC for either 'Native Oberon' or 'BlueBottle' or
perhaps add Linux emulation to my NetBSD laptop and try
'Linux Native Oberon' or 'Oberon for Linux' (is the
difference something to do with i386 virtual machines?)

Click on the 'Differences from Native Oberon' link to the right of Oberon
for Linux links for an explanation (I think)

Chris

[Andy Ball]

CFB> The download page lists the current availability by
Thanks for your help. I have successfully installed
ETH Oberon System 3, PC Native 2.3.6.

- Andy.