How to (not) Install C on the AOS on a Nova MV

Posted on Mon 26 May 2025 in programming • Tagged with data general, nova, bcpl, alto • 4 min read

a Nova rack in the center with a terminal on the top, PDP-11/35 control panel to the left on top of some other smaller rack a Data General branded teletype terminal in betwen the two and an old large ociloscope behine. On the right a table with a glass terminal with the Data General colors.

I have this idea of restoring the Mesa/Cedar compiler but discipline and skill are lacking. I have documented the progress I made from a archive that was released by the Computer History Museum while ago in https://github.com/xspager/Cedar_tools.

So I was the other day watching the a Data General Nova being restored (Usagi Electric playlist, Tech Tangents playlist) and wondered if I could get myself familiar with the software on that platform and see if that helps with recreating the kind of …


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