Dave Wade wrote:
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To me this is more "bloatware" with feature such as IEEE
floating point, 31 & 64 bit code, various network interfaces
and pile of other stuff I don't use.
I understand perfectly. In fact, this so called "bloatware" issue that SDL 4.x Hyperion currently suffers from with respect to older legacy operating systems (which I honestly believe is a rather unfair characterization of the issue) is what I believe ultimately compelled Jay Maynard to create Aethra in the first place. (Jay? True?)
Jay wanted a more modern version of Hercules with the all of the known 3.x bugs fixed, but without all of the code necessary to support all of the features and functionality that legacy operating systems didn't really need. Essentially, he wanted a SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion "Light" version of Hercules designed exclusively for older legacy operating systems (i.e. a "bloatware-free" version of SDL Hercules 4.x Hyperion). (Jay? Yes?)
I would really like a smaller lighter Hercules for use with
legacy operating systems..
Have you tried Jay's Aethra? Because I believe that was one of his goals -- if not his *primary* goal -- with creating Aethra.
Your choice.
(but I know which one *I* would personally prefer!)
Yes but you aren't running 370 code on a PI.
Correct.
And I'm also not running legacy operating systems either. I'm running modern "Z" operating systems, largely because there is a rather large non-insignificant demand for such a version of Hercules.
If I was an ordinary Hercules user instead of a Hercules developer, I would probably prefer the same version of Hercules that you are preferring, but without the bugs. In other words, I would probably be running Aethra for my heavily modified personally customized version of DOS/VS (and VM/SP 5 if I could ever find a copy).
p.s. You still haven't "irked" me yet, but you seem to be heading in that direction! ;-)
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