DG Tapes: Nova Fortran IV

[Julian Skidmore]

Hi folks,

It seems to me that self-hosting 16-bit compilers for old minicomputers 
are very thin on the ground. Yet from my viewpoint they are interesting 
and worth preserving, because they are a good demonstration of what 
could be achieved using fairly limited hardware.

Recently, I've been looking at the Data General RDOS Fortran IV compiler 
manual. It seems a  very comprehensive version of the language, and it's 
actually Fortran '66 with some extensions, and looks very practical. 
However, the standard RDOS images for SIMH don't come with the Fortran 
compiler, only assembler.

Here are the only two references I've found on the net for the Fortran 
IV tapes:

http://www.chookfest.net/nova3/paper-tapes.html

http://www.ludd.luth.se/~ragge/nova/swdocs.html

How easy would it be to get these tapes transcribed; dumped onto an RDOS 
disk and made available for SIMH?

-cheers from julz @P

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