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<DIV dir=ltr>Hello, my name is Stefano and I'm a retro-computing
enthusiast.<BR>My main project is z88dk, a cross-dev kit for the z80, but after
working for years on it I got enough C programming skills o be able to port the
emulators I needed on Windows or to provide them extra drivers (to make them
more ‘modern’or portable, i.e. using SDL or Allegro).<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>I recently ported the "frontpanel" library to Windows (I can
provide a DLL if it makes life easier, it is already part of the z80pack project
mantained by Udo Munk) and woring on the FrontPanel project I could see the
beauty of those ancient monsters (such as the DG NOVA)... I’m secretly in
love of the EDSAC, but sadly it wouldn’t be a practical hobby !<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>I think to be able to provide a non-intrusive merge of the
frontpanel related code (keeping al the FP lib references optional) and in
general to be able to contribute the project.<BR>I'm also getting in touch to an
italian team which recently restored a PDP 11, which is also the main reason for
this message: I'll probably try to emulate the PDP 11 frontpanel anyway.<BR>Do
you think that adding the "front panel" emulation in your core 'git' project is
something which might interest you ?<BR>If so I'd be very happy to send
contributions, to be added to the developement team or just to post a snapshot
of the code I've obtained so far.<BR> <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Thank you everybody for this beautiful project,</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Stefano Bodrato<BR> <BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>