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#1

General Discussion / Re: Stone Tools: a 8/16-bit pr...

Last post by Ndru - Oct 12, 2026, 07:18 PM

FYI He posted a long article on Improv today; not sure when I'll get a chance to read it, but it looks like quite an exploration:

    https://stonetools.ghost.io/lotusimprov-next/

Found via Mastodon:

    https://mastodon.social/@stonetoolsblog/117425482281015764

"Here at the convergence of International Spreadsheet Day, the 15th anniversary of Steve Jobs's death, and the 1st anniversary of Stone Tools, it's time to break out one of the big guns.

Lotus Improv holds a semi-mythical status amongst the computing faithful. Heck, the first time I experienced it, it literally gave me the idea to start this blog, "I need to talk about this."

How well does the origin of the pivot table hold up in a world of pivot tables? It's... well..."

#2

Hardware / Re: Advice on getting 3D-print...

Last post by ZombiePhysicist - Oct 12, 2026, 12:55 PM

From the discord channel by flewflufloo_01236: on thingiverse -> apps -> choose a printing service

#3

Virtualization / Re: What Needs to be done for ...

Last post by andreas_g - Oct 12, 2026, 08:22 AM

Would it be possible to get a configure switch to disable searching for Pcap? The Windows builds I produce won't run properly unless it's installed first, and I'd like to be able to offer no-Pcap builds without having to mangle my mingw environment every time; not all users have the means, ambition, or confidence to install it.

It is not a sophisticated procedure, but if you remove the following lines from /CMakeLists.txt it will build without linking to PCAP:

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find_package(PCAP)
if(PCAP_FOUND)
    set(HAVE_PCAP 1)
endif(PCAP_FOUND)

#4

Virtualization / Re: What Needs to be done for ...

Last post by Rhetorica - Oct 12, 2026, 07:14 AM

Hello all,

I want to announce the release of Previous v4.5. This is a bug fix release. The most noticeable bug fixed is a long standing issue that sporadically caused permanent loss of the Ethernet connection. Another bug caused the installer program from the CD-ROM to fail in certain situations due to a bad SCSI selection.

As always I have built a binary for macOS 10.13 and later (Intel and Apple Silicon) which you can load here.

Have fun with the new version and please report any issues.

Great work as always. I've built Windows binaries for SDL2 and SDL3, and uploaded both your build and those two to previous.nextcommunity.net. We await Debian builds from @wmlive!

Would it be possible to get a configure switch to disable searching for Pcap? The Windows builds I produce won't run properly unless it's installed first, and I'd like to be able to offer no-Pcap builds without having to mangle my mingw environment every time; not all users have the means, ambition, or confidence to install it.

#5

Hardware / Re: Advice on getting 3D-print...

Last post by ZombiePhysicist - Oct 12, 2026, 03:40 AM

I know some here have ordered from places and hopefully someone chimes in soon.

#6

Hardware / Re: Advice on getting 3D-print...

Last post by Ndru - Oct 12, 2026, 02:54 AM

I will probably end up ordering blindly if I have to, but since some other people have printed Cube parts it would be really nice to get some "do xyz" or "don't do xyz". I don't see myself doing my own 3D printing, at least not any time soon.

Great question. I know there are services that will build parts for you and mail them too you. Also know that basics 3d printers can be had for around $200

#7

Software / Re: Turbolent's projects: driv...

Last post by jade_nekotenshi - Oct 12, 2026, 02:02 AM

I've forked turbolent's openstep-pkg repository and now we're collaborating on it, with my goals being to get everything working on all three architectures (x86 is done, SPARC is 95% there, 68k hasn't started yet) and to add a few more packages to add options and scratch itches.

Eventually my fork is going to be folded back into theirs. Right now, other than SPARC support, the major change is that I've added a few new packages - bash and openssh are bumped to newer versions and I've added things like nethack and tcsh.

#8

Software / Re: Resurrecting NeXTmail and/...

Last post by jade_nekotenshi - Oct 12, 2026, 01:41 AM

Well, GNUMail is still actively maintained. As I said, I have some other projects in the queue that are vying for a limited supply of clanker gas, but consider a port of GNUMail back to OPENSTEP something that I plan to at least investigate.

#9

Hardware / Re: Advice on getting 3D-print...

Last post by ZombiePhysicist - Oct 12, 2026, 01:13 AM

Great question. I know there are services that will build parts for you and mail them too you. Also know that basics 3d printers can be had for around $200

#10

Hardware / Re: NeXT hardware fan specs

Last post by ZombiePhysicist - Oct 12, 2026, 01:12 AM

Wow thanks for sharing all that! I'm sure others will benefit!