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What is reNOVAte?
reNOVAte is really two
different products in one:
- It creates a complete Nova or Eclipse RDOS software environment on any
popular platform. This is a super-fast development or production
environment for applications using the venerable RDOS operating system and
its derivatives.
- It also recreates a total hardware environment down to the register level,
supporting virtually any program that can run on Nova or Eclipse-compatible
hardware.
What does it do?
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reNOVAte is a software-only product that emulates a
NOVA, Eclipse, Point 4, Bytronix, Fairchild 9445 or hardware environment on any popular computer
system. It was originally intended to provide an environment to develop and
run RDOS software on any popular open-system platform, but has been enhanced
over the years to emulate a complete hardware environment. It has been used
to run complete stand-alone operating systems, including DDOS, MICOS, BLIS-COBOL,
AOS, and one-of-a-kind special products (such as military applications), in
addition to its original RDOS applications.
What platforms does it run on?
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It runs on any popular platform, including DOS, Win
3.1, Win 9X, Win NT, any DOS-compatible or Win-compatible network, Linux,
UNIX, XENIX, AIX, Solaris, DG/UX, HP/UX, Alpha OSF/UNIX, and others.
How fast is it?
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How "fast" it is depends on the hardware and the application.
Raw CPU instruction speed is anywhere from 2-25MIPS(!) on todays PCs, but
"speed" depends upon many factors. Any application that does disk
I/O usually sees a substantial improvement due to the better performance of
most current operating systems compared to BLIS, MICOS, RDOS or AOS. (One application a
customer benchmarked last week went from 7-8 hours on a Point 4 system down
to less than 1 hour on a 300 MHz PC system(!)).
What FORTRAN is available?
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Since reNOVAte
runs
standard Nova and Eclipse software, the various DG compilers can still be used for
development. Fortran IV (FORTIV) and Fortran 5 may both be used, with RLDR
creating the .SV files.
Is language "xyz" supported?
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Yes! reNOVAte
supports
the Nova and Eclipse Floating Point Units so all popular Data General
languages are supported - even ones requiring DG Floating Point Unit
hardware. This includes Fortran IV, Fortran 5, Algol,
Extended Basic, Business Basic, DG/L, Assembler, Macro Assembler, and
many others.
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