Projects

This section will present various hardware, software and other projects for Data General systems.

Spacewar!

The first Spacewar! program for the Nova was created by Henry Burkhard III and demonstrated at the Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) in 1968. It ran on an original Nova with 4KW of memory with a simple custom display interface and simple user controllers. It was a powerful demonstration for the new computer and was even mentioned in one of Data General's first magazine ads.

The Spacewar! program below was created by Freddie White in 1977 and eventually shown at VCF (Vintage Computer Festival) 1.

A modified version of this program was demonstrated on a Nova at Wild Hare Computer System's "Nova At 50 Celebration" in 2018 as an homage to the very first 1968 Nova Spacewar! program.

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1977 Spacewar! by Freddie White

Program Source Code

File Name	File Size
circle.ab	112 B
circle.asm	1.08 KB
circle.lis	2.76 KB
notes.white.tx	2.97 KB
spwar.ab	3.6 KB
spwar.asm	26.24 KB
spwar.jpg	22.79 KB
spwar.lis	68.53 KB

D/A Converter Pictures

File Name	File Size
0813_001.jpg	410.15 KB
0813_002.jpg	425.14 KB
0813_003.jpg	418.54 KB
0813_004.jpg	434.87 KB
0813_005.jpg	426.36 KB
0813_006.jpg	433.05 KB
0813_009.jpg	410.76 KB
0813_010.jpg	432.84 KB
0813_011.jpg	429.13 KB
0813_012.jpg	428.38 KB

Other Pictures

File Name	File Size
D116-1.jpg	78.03 KB
D116-2.jpg	50.99 KB
Fred_White_VCF_1_Spacewar.png	77.97 KB
VCF_East_1.0_Frederic_White_Exhibit.JPG	9.49 KB
VCF_XXX_Frederic_White_Exhibit.JPG	1.11 MB
VCF_XXX_Frederic_White_Exhibit.s.jpg	337.51 KB
cpu.jpg	177.05 KB
spacewar-d116.jpg	22.79 KB

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Novas Are Forever Spacewar! on the Web

Program Source Code

File Name	File Size
SPACEWAR.LS	125.7 KB
SPACEWAR.SR	69.56 KB

Program Object Files

File Name	File Size
SPACEWAR.AB	5.44 KB
SPACEWAR.ME	9 KB
SPACEWAR.SV	9 KB