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Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered.

From Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.modula2
Subject Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered.
Date 2021-11-12 21:36 +0000
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On 12/11/2021 17:43, Jos Dreesen wrote:
> Subject already tells it all : I managed to extract the sourcecode for 
> the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler from the harddisk of the 
> Lilith on display in the Museum of Kommunikation in Berne / Switzerland.
> 
> This singlepass compiler was used as the basis for many followups : the 
> IBM RT port, Macintosh port and and...
> 
> Thanks to Chris Burrows forrecognizing that it was a complete set, not a 
> very partial one as I suspected at first.

Well done!

Is there any surviving Lilith hardware in full working condition?
I recall seeing a couple in the computing department at ETH Zurich.

-- 
Regards,
Martin Brown

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Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered. Jos Dreesen <jos.dreesen@greenmail.ch> - 2021-11-12 18:43 +0100
  Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered. Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> - 2021-11-12 21:36 +0000
    Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered. Brian Knoblauch <briank@glmotorsports.net> - 2021-11-13 07:37 -0800
  Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered. nemo <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-13 12:49 -0500
    Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered. Chris Burrows <cfbsoftware@gmail.com> - 2021-11-17 01:14 -0800
  Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered. Guido <guido.hoss@gmail.com> - 2022-03-03 16:26 -0800
    Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered. nemo <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2022-03-04 10:05 -0500
      Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered. Guido <guido.hoss@gmail.com> - 2022-03-04 14:36 -0800
    Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered. nemo <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2022-03-04 10:10 -0500
      Re: Source code for the Lilith's single pass Modula-2 compiler has been recovered. nemo <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2022-03-04 13:00 -0500

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