I gave a talk tonight! It was not good. It was so bad, in fact, that I'm going to have to record a short video that does the subject justice because it's actually really neat.
Long story short, you can use Nomad to run tasks on a variety of historical UNIXes, and hardware under emulation. And... the world got to see exactly none of that.
Every single element failed. The blinkenlights did not blink. I forgot history and blanked on how to operate the machine, and then I rambled on a live stream. It was a train wreck, cinematically plummetting off a bridge into fiery doom! 🔥🚞😮
So, in conclusion:
Long story short, you can use Nomad to run tasks on a variety of historical UNIXes, and hardware under emulation. And... the world got to see exactly none of that.
Every single element failed. The blinkenlights did not blink. I forgot history and blanked on how to operate the machine, and then I rambled on a live stream. It was a train wreck, cinematically plummetting off a bridge into fiery doom! 🔥🚞😮
So, in conclusion:
- Never, ever do a live demo if you can finesse it with some behind-the-scenes magic beforehand.
- Do not go in without visuals. You don't have to use them but you want them.
- If you can't cram it into your talk, and you have lots of links, make a site. Just check it in and send the link. Your message gets out, you yammer less, and anyone who is actually interested can look at that instead.
World, I owe you an *actual* demo, and Nomad on a PiDP-11 deserves a little bit more time. Let's try this again without the disaster!
I'll record a video in the next few days, post a link, and otherwise try to do this right because I want you all to see it.